Covert coping with unfair treatment at work and risk of incident myocardial infarction and cardiac death among men: Prospective cohort study

Constanze Leineweber (1) , Hugo Westerlund (1) , Töres Theorell (1) , Mika Kivimäki (2) , Peter Westerholm (3) , Lars Alfredsson (4)

1 Stockholm University
2 UCL - University College of London [London]
3 Occupational and Environmental Medicine
4 Karolinska Institute

Covert coping with unfair treatment at work - occurring when an employee does not show the 'aggressor' that he/she feels unfairly treated - has been found to be associated with cardiovascular risk factors. We examine whether covert coping also predicts incident coronary heart disease.

Mots clés: CHD DI; COHORT ME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS

Constanze Leineweber, Hugo Westerlund, Töres Theorell, Mika Kivimäki, Peter Westerholm, et al.. Covert coping with unfair treatment at work and risk of incident myocardial infarction and cardiac death among men: Prospective cohort study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2009, 65 (5), pp.jech.2009.088880v1. ⟨10.1136/jech.2009.088880⟩. ⟨hal-00585764⟩