Burnout and risk of coronary heart disease: A prospective study of 8838 employees

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 840-847

  Toker, Sharon ^a   Melamed, Samuel ^a   Berliner, Shlomo ^c   Zeltser, David ^b   Shapira, Itzhak ^d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Departments D   (Israel)

^c Departments e   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

burnout; coronary heart disease; incidence; stress

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY RISK; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CORONARY DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84867241607     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31826c3174     Document Type: Article

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