Association of occupation with prevalent hypertension in an elderly East German population: An exploratory cross-sectional analysis

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 361-369

  Schumann, Barbara ^a,b,d   Seidler, Andreas ^c   Kluttig, Alexander ^d   Werdan, Karl ^d   Haerting, Johannes ^d   Greiser, Karin Halina ^d,e  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^e GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Hypertension; Occupational groups

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79955621174     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-010-0584-5     Document Type: Article

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