The Association between Job Strain and Atrial Fibrillation: Results from the Swedish Wolf Study

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Fransson, Eleonor I ^a   Stadin, Magdalena ^d   Nordin, Maria ^c   Malm, Dan ^e   Knutsson, Anders ^f   Alfredsson, Lars ^b   Westerholm, Peter J M ^g  

^a JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOB STRAIN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVEREXERTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; WORK;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; WORK;

EID: 84947232204     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/371905     Document Type: Article

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