Work stress is associated with diabetes and prediabetes: Cross-sectional results from the MIPH industrial cohort studies

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 495-503

  Li, Jian ^a,b   Jarczok, Marc N ^a   Loerbroks, Adrian ^a   Schöllgen, Ina ^a   Siegrist, Johannes ^b   Bosch, Jos A ^a,c   Wilson, Mark G ^d   Mauss, Daniel ^a,e   Fischer, Joachim E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e Allianz Germany ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Effort reward imbalance; Glycated hemoglobin A1c; Prediabetes; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BURNOUT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREDIABETIC STATE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREDIABETIC STATE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84890430020     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-012-9255-0     Document Type: Article

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