Effects of shiftwork on lifestyle and mental health status of employees of a major Japanese electrical manufacturer

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-20

  Nakayama, Kunio ^a,b   Yamaguch, Kyohei ^a   Maruyama, Soichiro ^b   Morimot, Kanehisa ^b  

^a Matsushita Sci Ctr of Indust Hyg   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

General health questionnaire 28; Health practice; Lifestyle; Mental health status; Shiftwork

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SHIFT WORKER;

EID: 0030993253     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02931224     Document Type: Article

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