Job strain among blue-collar and white-collar employees as a determinant of total mortality: A 28-year population-based follow-up

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Von Bonsdorff, Mikaela B ^a   Seitsamo, Jorma ^b   Von Bonsdorff, Monika E ^a,b   Ilmarinen, Juhani ^b   Nygård, Clas Håkan ^c   Rantanen, Taina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; WHITE COLLAR WORKER;

EID: 84860204455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-000860     Document Type: Article

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