Japanese perspective of future worklife

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1997, Pages 66-72

  Kobayashi, Fumio ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031460441     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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