Long working hours and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis of published and unpublished data for 603 838 individuals

The Lancet

Volumn 386, Issue 10005, 2015, Pages 1739-1746

  Kivimäki, Mika ^a,b   Jokela, Markus ^b   Nyberg, Solja T ^c   Singh Manoux, Archana ^a,d   Fransson, Eleonor I ^e,f,g   Alfredsson, Lars ^e,h   Bjorner, Jakob B ⁱ   Borritz, Marianne ^j   Burr, Hermann ^k   Casini, Annalisa ^l   Clays, Els ^m   De Bacquer, Dirk ^m   Dragano, Nico ⁿ   Erbel, Raimund ^o   Geuskens, Goedele A ^p   Hamer, Mark ^a   Hooftman, Wendela E ^p   Houtman, Irene L ^p   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^q   Kittel, France ^l   Knutsson, Anders ^r   Koskenvuo, Markku ^b   Lunau, Thorsten ⁿ   Madsen, Ida E H ⁱ   Nielsen, Martin L ^s   Nordin, Maria ^g,t   Oksanen, Tuula ^c   Pejtersen, Jan H ^u   Pentti, Jaana ^c   Rugulies, Reiner ^i,v   Salo, Paula ^c,w   Shipley, Martin J ^a   Siegrist, Johannes ⁿ   Steptoe, Andrew ^a   Suominen, Sakari B ^w,x,y   Theorell, Töres ^g   Vahtera, Jussi ^c,w,z   Westerholm, Peter J M ^aa   Westerlund, Hugo ^g   O'Reilly, Dermot ^ab   Kumari, Meena ^a,ac   Batty, G David ^a,ad   Ferrie, Jane E ^a,ae   Virtanen, Marianna ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

ⁱ NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^j Koege Hospital   (Denmark)

^k FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^m GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

ⁿ HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^p TNO   (Netherlands)

^q UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^r MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^s FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^t UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^u VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^v UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^w UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^x FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^y UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^z TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^aa UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ab QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; AGE; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; WORK SCHEDULE;

AGE FACTORS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84946496418     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60295-1     Document Type: Article

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