Socioeconomic position, psychosocial work environment and cerebrovascular disease among women: The Finnish public sector study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1265-1271

  Kivimäki, Mika ^a,b   Gimeno, David ^a,c,d   Ferrie, Jane E ^a   Batty, G David ^e,f   Oksanen, Tuula ^b   Jokela, Markus ^g   Virtanen, Marianna ^b   Salo, Paula ^b   Akbaraly, Tasnime N ^a   Elovainio, Marko ^g   Pentti, Jaana ^b   Vahtera, Jussi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; Cohort studies; Psychosocial factors; Risk factors; Socioeconomic status; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC SECTOR; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS HEALTH; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL STATUS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 70349494908     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn373     Document Type: Article

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