The Relationship between Occupational Standing and Sitting and Incident Heart Disease over a 12-Year Period in Ontario, Canada

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 27-33

  Smith, Peter ^a,b,c   Ma, Huiting ^d   Glazier, Richard H ^c,d,e,f   Gilbert Ouimet, Mahée ^a,g   Mustard, Cameron ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g Université Laval   (Canada)

Author keywords

administrative data; Canada; heart diseases; occupational exposure; sitting position; standing position

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONTARIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SITTING; STANDING; WALKING; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; ONTARIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SITTING POSITION; STANDING POSITION;

EID: 85040587935     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwx298     Document Type: Article

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