Three-shift system increases job-related stress in Japanese workers

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 397-404

  Harada, Hideto ^a   Suwazono, Yasushi ^a   Sakata, Kouichi ^a   Okubo, Yasushi ^a   Oishi, Mitsuhiro ^a   Uetani, Mirei ^a   Kobayashi, Etsuko ^a   Nogawa, Koji ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross sectional analysis; Job schedule; Job stress; Shift work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; JAPAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEX ROLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKER;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 26444446946     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13419145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.47.397     Document Type: Article

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