Otro
Diastolic blood pressure associated with accumulated work time among drivers and collectors
Registro en:
Revista De Saúde Pública, v. 27, n. 5, p. 363-372, 1993.
0034-8910
8209170
Autor
Cordeiro, R.
Lima Filho, E. C.
Fischer, F. M.
Moreira Filho, D. C.
Resumen
The relationship between diastolic blood pressure and the variables total cumulative working time and age was examined by regression analysis. The study was carried out among 839 bus drivers and conductors, users of an occupational health center in Campinas, S. Paulo State, Brazil. The main results were a positive association between diastolic blood pressure and cumulative working time, as well as an interaction between this variable and the bus worker's age.