Prevalence, management, and control of hypertension among us workers: Does occupation matter?

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1150-1156

  Davila, Evelyn P ^a,b   Kuklina, Elena V ^b   Valderrama, Amy L ^b   Yoon, Paula W ^b   Rolle, Italia ^a   Nsubuga, Peter ^b  

^a Division of Public Health Systems and Workforce Development   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MANAGER; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866355713     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318256f675     Document Type: Article

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