Characteristics of coronary heart disease in Japanese taxi drivers as determined by coronary angiographic analyses

Industrial Health

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-23

  Kurosaka, Kyouko ^a   Daida, Hiroyuki ^a   Muto, Takashi ^a   Watanabe, Yoshiro ^a   Kawai, Sachio ^a   Yamaguchi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary heart disease; Coronary risk factors; Occupational health; Taxi Drivers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRIVER; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0033953489     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.38.15     Document Type: Article

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