Working and hypertension: Gaps in employment not associated with increased risk in 13 European countries, a retrospective cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Rumball Smith, Juliet ^a   Nandi, Arijit ^b   Kaufman, Jay S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Europe; Hypertension; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; RETIREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; RETIREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84902548875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-536     Document Type: Article

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