Workplace social capital and risk of chronic and severe hypertension: A cohort study

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1129-1136

  Oksanen, Tuula ^a,b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b   Jokela, Markus ^a,c   Kouvonen, Anne ^d   Suzuki, Etsuji ^e   Takao, Soshi ^e   Virtanen, Marianna ^a   Pentti, Jaana ^a   Vahtera, Jussi ^a,f   Kivimäki, Mika ^a,c,g  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^e OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cohort studies; hypertension; public sector; social capital; workplace

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84861017041     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32835377ed     Document Type: Article

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