Job strain and hypertension in women: Estudo Pró-Saúde (Pro-Health Study)

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 893-896

  de Mello Alves, Márcia Guimarães ^a   Chor, Dóra ^b   Faerstein, Eduardo ^c   Werneck, Guilherme L ^c   Lopes, Claudia S ^c  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Occupational health; Professional burnout; Women; Working women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BURNOUT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; BRAZIL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 76449094627     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102009000500019     Document Type: Article

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