Persistent Insomnia is a Predictor of Hypertension in Japanese Male Workers

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 344-350

  Suka, Machi ^a   Yoshida, Katsumi ^a   Sugimori, Hiroki ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Difficulty initiating sleep; Difficulty maintaining sleep; Follow up study; Hypertension; Men

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DATA BASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TELECOMMUNICATION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 0347362713     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.45.344     Document Type: Article

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