When job stress threatens chinese workers: Combination of job stress models can improve the risk estimation for coronary heart disease-the BADCAR study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 771-775

  Xu, Weixian ^a,c   Yu, Haiyi ^a,c   Gao, Wei ^a,c   Guo, Lijun ^a,c   Zeng, Lin ^b   Zhao, Yiming ^b  

^a Department of Cardiology ^*  (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EFFORT REWARD IMBALANCE MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JOB DEMAND CONTROL MODEL; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

EID: 79960843756     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318222b0b5     Document Type: Article

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