"A dose-response association exists between exposure to work stress and the metabolic syndrome. Employees with chronic work stress have more than double the odds of the syndrome than those without work stress, after other risk factors are taken into account.
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Chandola T, Brunner E, Marmot M. Chronic stress at work and the metabolic syndrome. BMJ Online, Jan. 20, 2006.
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