Overtime work and incident coronary heart disease: The Whitehall II prospective cohort study

European Heart Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1737-1744

  Virtanen, Marianna ^a   Ferrie, Jane E ^b   Singh Manoux, Archana ^b,c   Shipley, Martin J ^b   Vahtera, Jussi ^a,d   Marmot, Michael G ^b   Kivimäki, Mika ^a,b,e  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Angina; CHD; Middle aged; Myocardial infarction; Prospective; Stress; Working hours

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK; WORKING TIME;

EID: 77953432759     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq124     Document Type: Article

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