Occupational class and incidence rates of cardiovascular events in middle aged men in Japan

Industrial Health

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 324-330

  Li, Qian ^a,b   Morikawa, Yuko ^b   Sakurai, Masaru ^b   Nakamura, Koshi ^b   Miura, Katsuyuki ^c   Ishizaki, Masao ^b   Kido, Teruhiko ^d   Naruse, Yuchi ^e   Suwazono, Yasushi ^f   Nakagawa, Hideaki ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^f CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular events; Myocardial infarction; Occupational class; Prospective study; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SUDDEN DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

ADULT; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OCCUPATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 77953748760     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.48.324     Document Type: Conference Paper

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