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Interaction between occupational stress and GR gene polymorphisms on essential hypertension among railway workers.
Journal of occupational health - 1 Jan 2014
Lin Sihao, Liu Baoying, Wu Chuancheng, Zhou Hui, Courtice Midori N, Zhu Dandan
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to explore the interactions of occupational stress and glucocorticoid receptor gene (GR) polymorphisms on essential hypertension (EH) among Chinese railway workers. METHODS: A case-control study was conducted with 196 EH cases and matched controls from male railway employees. Occupational stress was scaled by a validated Chinese version of the Occupational Stress Inventory....
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