Background Published work assessing psychosocial stress (job strain) as a risk factor for
coronary heart disease is inconsistent and subject to publication bias and reverse causation …

Background Long working hours might increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, but
prospective evidence is scarce, imprecise, and mostly limited to coronary heart disease. We …

BackgroundAdverse psychosocial working environments characterized by job strain (the
combination of high demands and low control at work) are associated with an increased risk of …

The authors analyzed the impact of psychosocial work characteristics on the incidence of
severe depressive symptoms among 4,133 (49% women) employees from a representative …

Introduction A new third version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ
III) has been developed in response to trends in working life, theoretical concepts, and …

Unfavorable work characteristics, such as low job control and too high or too low job demands,
have been suggested to increase the likelihood of physical inactivity during leisure time, …

Background: Epidemiologic evidence for work stress as a risk factor for coronary heart disease
is mostly based on a single measure of stressful work known as job strain, a combination …

Objective To determine the association between self reported job insecurity and incident
coronary heart disease. Design A meta-analysis combining individual level data from a …

Background Working long hours might have adverse health effects, but whether this is true
for all socioeconomic status groups is unclear. In this meta-analysis stratified by …

OBJECTIVE The status of psychosocial stress at work as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes is
unclear because existing evidence is based on small studies and is subject to confounding by …