Lifestyle and the development of hypertension: A 3-year follow-up study of middle-aged Japanese male office workers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-114

  Nakanishi, N ^a   Nakamura, K ^b   Ichikawa, S ^b   Suzuki, K ^c   Tatara, K ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b TAKENAKA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Follow up study; Incidence of hypertension; Japanese men; Lifestyle; Middle age

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKING TIME;

EID: 0033049353     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/49.2.109     Document Type: Article

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