Justice at work and metabolic syndrome: The Whitehall II study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 256-262

  Gimeno, David ^a,b,c   Tabák, Ádám G ^b,d   Ferrie, Jane E ^b   Shipley, Martin J ^b   De Vogli, Roberto ^b   Elovainio, Marko ^b,e   Vahtera, Jussi ^f   Marmot, Michael G ^b   Kivimäki, Mika ^b,f  

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

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^d SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JUSTICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 77950557662     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.047324     Document Type: Article

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