Immune function and lifestyle of taxi drivers in Japan

Industrial Health

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-39

  Nakano, Yumiko ^a   Nakamura, Seiichi ^a   Hirata, Mamoru ^a   Harada, Kazuhiro ^a   Ando, Katashi ^a   Tabuchi, Takeo ^a   Matunaga, Ichirou ^a   Oda, Hajime ^a  

^a OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokine production; Daily earnings; Economic depression; Lifestyle; Lymphocyte proliferation; Overtime work; Taxi drivers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; JAPAN; KILLER CELL; LIFESTYLE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; SALARY; STANDARDIZATION; STRESS; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0031934814     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.36.32     Document Type: Article

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