The contribution of major risk factors and job strain to occupational class differences in coronary heart disease incidence: The MONICA Brianza and PAMELA population-based cohorts

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 717-722

  Ferrario, Marco M ^a   Veronesi, Giovanni ^a   Chambless, Lloyd E ^b   Sega, Roberto ^c   Fornari, Carla ^c   Bonzini, Matteo ^a   Cesana, Giancarlo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPLOYMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 80052937354     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.060822     Document Type: Article

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