Do Japanese workers who experience an acute myocardial infarction believe their prolonged working hours are a cause?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-35

  Fukuoka, Yoshimi ^a   Dracup, Kathleen ^a   Froelicher, Erika Sivarajan ^a   Ohno, Miyoshi ^b   Hirayama, Haruo ^c   Shiina, Hiromi ^d   Kobayashi, Fumio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS NAGOYA FIRST HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Japan; Job stress; Karoshi; Overtime

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; WORK; WORKER; WORKING TIME;

EID: 16844365220     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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