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18.12.2014 | Review Paper

Non-communicable diseases in the Asia-Pacific region: Prevalence, risk factors and community-based prevention

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) lead to substantial mortality and morbidity worldwide. The most common NCDs are cardiovascular diseases (CVD), diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory diseases. With the rapid increase in NCD-related deaths in …

verfasst von:: Wah-Yun Low, Yew-Kong Lee, Alexander Lourdes Samy

10.12.2014 | Original Paper

Return to work after coronary revascularization procedures and a patient’s job satisfaction: A prospective study

verfasst von:: Elena Fiabane, Ines Giorgi, Stefano M. Candura, Piergiorgio Argentero

10.12.2014 | Review Paper

Prevention and management of work-related cardiovascular disorders

Cardiovascular disorders (CVDs) constitute a major burden for health of working populations throughout the world with as much as 50% of all causes of death and at least 25% of work disability. There are some changes in CVD risk factors among …

verfasst von:: Akizumi Tsutsumi

08.11.2014 | Review Paper

Work stress and the risk of recurrent coronary heart disease events: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Though much evidence indicates that work stress increases the risk of incident of coronary heart disease (CHD), little is known about the role of work stress in the development of recurrent CHD events. The objective of this study was to review and …

verfasst von:: Jian Li, Min Zhang, Adrian Loerbroks, Peter Angerer, Johannes Siegrist

24.09.2014 | Original Paper

Prolonged job strain reduces time-domain heart rate variability on both working and resting days among cardiovascular-susceptible nurses

verfasst von:: Rossana Borchini, Marco M. Ferrario, Lorenza Bertù, Giovanni Veronesi, Matteo Bonzini, Marco Dorso, Giancarlo Cesana

10.09.2014 | Case Report

Critical ischemia of the fingers in an auto mechanic as a result of occupational exposure

Hypothenar hammer syndrome is a rare cause of ischemic fingers observed mainly in young men smoking cigarettes and it is associated with repeated trauma of the ulnar artery in the area of the hypothenar eminence of the dominant-hand arm, resulting …

verfasst von:: Maciej Rabczyński, Edwin Kuźnik, Maciej Guziński, Rajmund Adamiec

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