The effect of job strain on nighttime blood pressure dipping among men and women with high blood pressure

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 112-119

  Fan, Lin Bo ^a,b   Blumenthal, James A ^a   Hinderliter, Alan L ^c   Sherwood, Andrew ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Diurnal variation; Hypertension; Pulse pressure

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JOB CONTENT QUESTIONNAIRE; JOB STRESS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAKEFULNESS; WHITE COLLAR WORKER;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84872738153     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3294     Document Type: Article

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