Benchmark Dose of Working Hours in Relation to Subjective Fatigue Symptoms in Japanese Male Workers

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 726-732

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

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benchmark Dose; Fatigue; Logistic Regression; Workloads

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COVARIANCE; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; WORKER; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FATIGUE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33747054474     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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