Occupational characteristics and the progression of carotid artery intima-media thickness and plaque over 9 years: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 690-698

  Fujishiro, Kaori ^a   Roux, Ana V Diez ^b   Landsbergis, Paul ^c   Kaufman, Joel D ^d   Korcarz, Claudia E ^e   Stein, James H ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84941757275     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2014-102311     Document Type: Article

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