Is job-related stress the link between cardiovascular disease and the law enforcement profession?

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 561-565

  Franke, Warren D ^a   Kohut, Marian L ^a   Russell, Daniel W ^b   Yoo, Hye Lim ^a   Ekkekakis, Panteleimon ^a   Ramey, Sandra P ^c  

^a 247 Forker Building ^*  (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICE; SELF REPORT; VASCULITIS;

EID: 77952311429     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181dd086b     Document Type: Article

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