Lack of Predictability at Work and Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction: An 18-Year Prospective Study of Industrial Employees | Zendy

Ari Väänänen | Zendy; Aki Koskinen | Zendy; Matti Joensuu | Zendy; Mika Kivimäki | Zendy; Jussi Vahtera | Zendy; Anne Kouvonen | Zendy; Paavo Jäppinen | Zendy

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Lack of Predictability at Work and Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction: An 18-Year Prospective Study of Industrial Employees

Author(s) -

Ari Väänänen,

Aki Koskinen,

Matti Joensuu,

Mika Kivimäki,

Jussi Vahtera,

Anne Kouvonen,

Paavo Jäppinen

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2007.122382

Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , prospective cohort study , predictability , discretion , socioeconomic status , population , observational study , emergency medicine , environmental health , quantum mechanics , political science , law , physics

We examined whether the distinctive components of job control-decision authority, skill discretion, and predictability-were related to subsequent acute myocardial infarction (MI) events in a large population of initially heart disease-free industrial employees.

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