HBV- and HCV- Infected workers in the Japanese workplace

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-16

  Narai, Rie ^a   Oyama, Tsunehiro ^a   Ogawa, Masanori ^a   Yamaguchi, Tetsunosuke ^a   Kinaga, Tsuyoshi ^a   Murakami, Tomoe ^a   Isse, Toyohi ^a   Ozaki, Shin Ichi ^a   Yashima, Yasunori ^a   Okabayashi, Ken ^b   Ochiai, Hideo ^c   Yarita, Keiichiro ^d   Fujino, Akihiro ^a   Kawamoto, Toshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY   (Japan)

^c MITSUI CHEMICALS INC   (Japan)

^d MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hazardous work; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Occupational health; Occupational health physician

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; WORKPLACE;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 33847630017     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.49.9     Document Type: Article

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