The interaction effect of effort-reward imbalance and overcommitment on hypertension among Chinese workers: Findings from SHISO study

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1433-1441

  Xu, Weixian ^a   Yu, Haiyi ^a   Hang, Juan ^a,b   Gao, Wei ^a   Zhao, Yiming ^a   Guo, Lijun ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY SHENZHEN HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese; Effort reward imbalance; Hypertension; Job stress; Overcommitment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINA; CHINESE; EFFORT-REWARD IMBALANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERCOMMITMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKLOAD;

CHINESE; EFFORT-REWARD IMBALANCE; HYPERTENSION; JOB STRESS; OVERCOMMITMENT;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JOB SATISFACTION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REWARD; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84887225706     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22254     Document Type: Article

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