Job strain and masked hypertension

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 786-793

  Trudel, Xavier ^a   Brisson, Chantal ^a   Milot, Alain ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure; Job strain; Masked hypertension; Workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASKED HYPERTENSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION; WHITE COLLAR WORKER; WORKPLACE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOLLOW UP; INCOME; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; WORK;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK;

EID: 78049511835     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181eaf327     Document Type: Article

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