Job demand and cardiovascular disease risk factor in white-collar workers

Industrial Health

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-17

  Song, Young Kyu ^a   Lee, Kang Koo ^b   Kim, Hyoung Ryoul ^a   Koo, Jung Wan ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Sangji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Graded exercise testing; Heart rate; Job demand; Myocardial oxygen consumption; Rate pressure product

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH KOREA;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77249104030     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.48.12     Document Type: Article

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