Sudden death in the working population. A collaborative study in Central Japan

European Heart Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 338-343

  Kawamura, T ^a,b   Kondo, H ^a,b   Hirai, M ^a,b   Wakai, K ^a,b   Tamakoshi, A ^a,b   Terazawa, T ^a,b   Osugi, S ^a,b   Ohno, M ^a,b   Okamoto, N ^a,b   Tsuchida, T ^a,b   Ohno, Y ^a,b   Toyama, J ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activity; Circadian variation; Daily variation; Employee; Monthly variation; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYEE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRESS; SUDDEN DEATH; TIME OF DEATH; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; STRESS;

EID: 0032912113     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1998.1189     Document Type: Article

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