Open AccessShift work, occupation and coronary heart disease over
Author(s) -
Leena Tenkanen,
Tom Sjöblom,
Raija Kalimo,
Tiina Alikoski,
Mikko Härmä
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.218
Subject(s) - medicine , shift work , blood pressure , demography , relative risk , confidence interval , psychosocial , job strain , blue collar , cohort , coronary heart disease , cohort study , gerontology , demographic economics , psychiatry , sociology , economics
The risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in shift work and the possible pathways for CHD in industrial workers were studied along with the importance of shift work as an occupational class gradient of CHD risk.