Actual cardiovascular disease risk and related factors a cross-sectional study of korean blue collar workers employed by small businesses

Workplace Health and Safety

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 163-171

  Won, Jong Uk ^a   Hong, Oi Saeng ^b   Hwang, Won Ju ^c  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; SMALL BUSINESS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84877978561     PISSN: 21650799     EISSN: 21650969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/21650799-20130327-17     Document Type: Article

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