Objective: To determine the association between occupational factors, particularly psychosocial factors, and hypertension.
Design: Descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study using logistic multivariate regression.
Setting: Fifteen cotton ginning plants in Benin.
Background: Occupational stress is a psychosocial risk in the workplace. Working conditions in industrial settings may lead to occupational stress. In Benin, however, there is little epidemiological data on occupational stress in industrial settings.
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