Estimation of the number of working hours critical for the development of mental and physical fatigue symptoms in Japanese male workers - Application of benchmark dose method

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 173-182

  Suwazono, Yasushi ^a   Nagashima, Shouji ^a   Okubo, Yasushi ^b   Uetani, Mirei ^a   Kobayashi, Etsuko ^a   Kido, Teruhiko ^c   Nogawa, Koji ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benchmark dose; Fatigue; Logistic regression; Long working hours; Workloads

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CUMULATIVE FATIGUE SYMPTOM INDEX; DYSTHYMIA; FATIGUE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF RATING DEPRESSION SCALE; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BENCHMARKING; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FATIGUE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33847616598     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20432     Document Type: Article

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