Is hypertension associated with job strain? A meta-analysis of observational studies

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 220-227

  Babu, Giridhara R ^a,b   Jotheeswaran, A T ^c   Mahapatra, Tanmay ^b   Mahapatra, Sanchita ^b   Kumar, Ananth ^a   Detels, Roger ^b   Pearce, Neil ^d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JOB STRAIN; JOB STRESS; MENTAL STRESS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WORKPLACE;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JOB SATISFACTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84893760046     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101396     Document Type: Review

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