Perceived job stress and sleep-related breathing disturbance in Japanese male workers

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2520-2532

  Nakata, Akinori ^a,b   Takahashi, Masaya ^a   Ikeda, Tomoko ^c   Haratani, Takashi ^a   Hojou, Minoru ^d   Araki, Shunichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d Ota Regional Occupational Health Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Job stress; Male; Sleep; Sleep related breathing disturbance; Worker

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; JAPANESE; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 34248572041     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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