Effects of overtime work on blood pressure and body mass index in Japanese male workers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 578-580

  Wada, Koji ^a   Katoh, Noritada ^a   Aratake, Yutaka ^a   Furukawa, Yasushi ^b   Hayashi, Toshio ^c   Satoh, Emi ^a   Tanaka, Katsutoshi ^a   Satoh, Toshihiko ^d   Aizawa, Yoshiharu ^d  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^c TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Hypertension; Karoshi; Overtime

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; ELECTRONICS; ENGINEERING; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33845716269     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kql106     Document Type: Article

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