Long working hours as a risk factor for atrial fibrillation: A multi-cohort study

European Heart Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 34, 2017, Pages 2621-2628

  Kivimäki, Mika ^a,b,c   Nyberg, Solja T ^b   Batty, G David ^a,d   Kawachi, Ichiro ^e   Jokela, Markus ^b   Alfredsson, Lars ^f,g   Bjorner, Jakob B ^h   Borritz, Marianne ⁱ   Burr, Hermann ^j   Dragano, Nico ^k   Fransson, Eleonor I ^l,m   Heikkilä, Katriina ^n,o   Knutsson, Anders ^p   Koskenvuo, Markku ^b   Kumari, Meena ^q   Madsen, Ida E H ^h   Nielsen, Martin L ^r   Nordin, Maria ^m,s   Oksanen, Tuula ^c   Pejtersen, Jan H ^t   Pentti, Jaana ^b   Rugulies, Reiner ^h,u   Salo, Paula ^c,v   Shipley, Martin J ^a   Suominen, Sakari ^a   Theorell, Töres ^x   Vahtera, Jussi ^y   Westerholm, Peter ^v,w   Westerlund, Hugo ^m   Steptoe, Andrew ^a   Singh Manoux, Archana ^z   Hamer, Mark ^aa   Ferrie, Jane E ^ab   Virtanen, Marianna ^c   Tabak, Adam G ^a,ac   more..

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^h NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

ⁱ BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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

^k HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^l JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^m STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁿ LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^o ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^p MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^q UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^r AS3 Companies ^*  (Denmark)

^s UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

^u UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^v UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^w UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^x TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^y UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^z HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^aa LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^ac SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

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Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cohort study; Life stress; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX; SOCIAL STATUS; WORKING TIME; ADOLESCENT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTOR; WORK SCHEDULE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85029764375     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx324     Document Type: Article

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