The association between effort-reward imbalance and coronary atherosclerosis in a Chinese sample

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 655-661

  Xu, Weixian ^a   Zhao, Yiming ^a   Guo, Lijun ^a   Guo, Yanhong ^a   Gao, Wei ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Angiography; Coronary artery disease; Coronary atherosclerosis; Job stress; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77954303545     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20818     Document Type: Article

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