Job strain and symptoms of angina pectoris among British and Finnish middle-aged employees

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 980-985

  Lallukka, T ^a   Chandola, T ^b   Hemingway, H ^b   Marmot, M ^b   Lahelma, E ^a   Rahkonen, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYMPTOM;

AGE FACTORS; ANGINA PECTORIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

FINLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANGINA;

EID: 73249146230     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.085878     Document Type: Article

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