The association between job strain and atrial fibrillation in Swedish men

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 177-180

  Torén, Kjell ^a,b   Schiöler, Linus ^a   Söderberg, Mia ^a   Giang, Kok Wai ^a   Rosengren, Annika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JOB DEMAND CONTROL MODEL; JOB STRAIN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REGISTRATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BEHAVIOR; COMPLICATION; EMPLOYMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; WORK; WORKLOAD;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; WORK; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84923144366     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2014-102256     Document Type: Article

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