Work stress and risk of cancer: Meta-analysis of 5700 incident cancer events in 116 000 European men and women

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7896, 2013, Pages

  Heikkila, Katriina ^a   Nyberg, Solja T ^a   Theorell, Tores ^b   Fransson, Eleonor I ^b,c,d   Alfredsson, Lars ^c   Bjorner, Jakob B ^e   Bonenfant, Sebastien ^f,g   Borritz, Marianne ^h   Bouillon, Kim ⁱ   Burr, Herman ^j   Dragano, Nico ^k   Geuskens, Goedele A ^l   Goldberg, Marcel ^f,g   Hamer, Mark ⁱ   Hooftman, Wendela E ^l   Houtman, Irene L ^l   Joensuu, Matti ^a   Knutsson, Anders ^m   Koskenvuo, Markku ⁿ   Koskinen, Aki ^a   Kouvonen, Anne ^o   Madsen, Ida E H ^e   Hanson, Linda L Magnusson ^b   Marmot, Michael G ⁱ   Nielsen, Martin L ^h   Nordin, Maria ^p   Oksanen, Tuula ^a   Pentti, Jaana ^a   Salo, Paula ^a,q   Rugulies, Reiner ^e,r   Steptoe, Andrew ⁱ   Suominen, Sakari ^q,s   Vahtera, Jussi ^a,q   Virtanen, Marianna ^a   Vaaanen, Ari ^a   Westerholm, Peter ^t   Westerlund, Hugo ^b   Zins, Marie ^f,g   Ferrie, Jane E ^i,u   Singh Manoux, Archana ^g,i   David, G ^i,v   Kivimaki, Mika ⁱ   more..

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^f LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^g CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^h BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^l TNO   (Netherlands)

^m MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^o QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^p UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^r UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^s FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^t UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^u UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^v UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874328130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f165     Document Type: Article

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