Impact of occupational stress on stroke across occupational classes and genders

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1652-1658

  Tsutsumi, Akizumi ^a   Kayaba, Kazunori ^b   Ishikawa, Shizukiyo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Gender; Japan; Occupations; Psychological stress; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH CARE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STROKE; VULNERABILITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; JAPANESE; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; JOB STRESS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHITE COLLAR WORKER;

JAPAN;

EID: 79955970299     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.03.026     Document Type: Article

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