Occupational class inequalities in behavioral and biological risk factors for cardiovascular disease among workers in medium- and small-scale enterprises

Industrial Health

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 529-539

  Morikawa, Yuko ^a   Tabata, Masaji ^b   Kido, Teruhiko ^c   Koyama, Yoshiko ^d  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ishikawa Health Service Associations   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Health behavior; Occupational class; Risk factor; Small scale enterprises; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871822331     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2012-0036     Document Type: Article

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