Association of working hours with biological indices related to the cardiovascular system among engineers in a machinery manufacturing company

Industrial Health

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 457-463

  Sasaki, Takeshi ^a   Iwasaki, Kenji ^a   Oka, Tatsuo ^a   Hisanaga, Naomi ^a  

^a NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; Fatigue; Heart rate variability; Sleeping hours; Working hours

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; MAGNESIUM; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENGINEERING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVEREXERTION; SLEEP TIME; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0032735666     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.37.457     Document Type: Article

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