The purpose of this study was to determine (1) the opinions of executives and medical directors as to the contributing factors inn the breakdown of health of top-level executives, and (2) those areas in which there was a significant difference between the opinions of the executives and the medical directors. The study was limited to two hundred and eight executives who attended the Industrail Relations Conference of the National Association of Manufacturers in 1956 and one hundred thirty-three industrial medical directors whose names were suggested by Doctor Edward C. Holmblad, Managing Director of the Industrial Medical Association
