Open AccessLack 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.