Association between mental demands at work and cognitive functioning in the general population - Results of the health study of the Leipzig research center for civilization diseases (LIFE)

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Then, Francisca S ^a   Luck, Tobias ^a   Luppa, Melanie ^a   Arélin, Katrin ^a,b   Schroeter, Matthias L ^a,b   Engel, Christoph ^a   Löffler, Markus ^a   Thiery, Joachim ^a   Villringer, Arno ^b   Riedel Heller, Steffi G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cognitive abilities; Demands; Occupation; Population based study; Self regulation; Work

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODELING; GERMANY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTELLIGENCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGER; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PENSIONER; POPULATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SENESCENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHER; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERBAL FLUENCY TEST; WORK; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING MEMORY; WORKING TIME;

EID: 84902287781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6673-9-23     Document Type: Article

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