Job characteristics and serum lipid profile in Japanese rural workers: The Jichi Medical School cohort study

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 63-71

  Tsutsumi, Akizumi ^a   Kayaba, Kazunori ^b   Ishikawa, Shizukiyo ^b   Gotoh, Tadao ^c   Nago, Naoki ^d   Yamada, Seishi ^c   Mizooka, Masafumi ^e   Sakai, Kenichiro ^f   Hayasaka, Shinya ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Wara National Health Insurance Hospital   (Japan)

^d Tsukude National Health Insurance Clinic   (Japan)

^e Hiroshima Prefectural Setoda Hospital   (Japan)

^f Akaike Town Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gender; Japanese; Lipid; Psychological stress; Work

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WORK;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; JOB DESCRIPTION; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0038659291     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.13.63     Document Type: Article

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