Job control, job demands and social support at work in relation to cardiovascular risk factors in MONICA 1995, Gã¶teborg

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 379-385

  Jã¶nsson, Dagmar ^a   Rosengren, Annika ^a   Dotevall, Annika ^a   Lappas, Georg ^a   Wilhelmsen, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cardiovascular risk factors; Job control; job demands; job strain; social support

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LINEAR MODELS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 84992861143     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/204748739900600604     Document Type: Article

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