Job strain, job insecurity, and incident cardiovascular disease in the women's health study: Results from a 10-year prospective study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Slopen, Natalie ^a,b   Glynn, Robert J ^a,c   Buring, Julie E ^a,c   Lewis, Tené T ^d   Williams, David R ^a   Albert, Michelle A ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INCOME; JOB INSECURITY; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84864011813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040512     Document Type: Article

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