Effort-reward imbalance at work and recurrent coronary heart disease events: A 4-year prospective study of post-myocardial infarction patients

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 436-447

  Aboa Éboulé, Corine ^a,b   Brisson, Chantal ^a,c   Maunsell, Elizabeth ^c   Bourbonnais, Renée ^d   Vézina, Michel ^c   Milot, Alain ^a   Dagenais, Gilles R ^e  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Département de Médecine Sociale et Preventive   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

coronary heart disease; effort reward imbalance; postYmyocardial infarction; prevention; psychosocial work environment; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REWARD; RISK FACTOR; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 79960360058     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318222b2d8     Document Type: Article

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