Law enforcement officer versus non-law enforcement officer status as a longitudinal predictor of traditional and emerging cardiovascular risk factors

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 730-734

  Wright, Bruce R ^a   Barbosa Leiker, Celestina ^b   Hoekstra, Trynke ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; POLICE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 79960845765     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318220c2da     Document Type: Article

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