A prospective cohort study of shift work and risk of ischemic heart disease in Japanese male workers

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 128-135

  Fujino, Yoshihisa ^a   Iso, Hiroyasu ^b   Tamakoshi, Akiko ^c   Inaba, Yutaka ^d   Koizumi, Akio ^e   Kubo, Tatsuhiko ^a   Yoshimura, Takesumi ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Circadian rhythm; Cohort studies; Japan; Myocardial ischemia

Indexed keywords

BASELINE SURVEY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPERTENSION; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY RISK; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SHIFT WORKER; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33745587767     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj185     Document Type: Article

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