Job strain predicts recurrent events after a first acute myocardial infarction: The Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Program

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 267, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 599-611

  Laszlo K D ^a,b   Ahnve, S ^a   Hallqvist, J ^a,c   Ahlbom, A ^d   Janszky, I ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Job control; Job strain; Prognosis; Psychological demands; Work stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LIPID;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSOMNIA; JOB STRESS; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; SLEEP TIME; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 77951889236     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2009.02196.x     Document Type: Article

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