Lifestyle and work predictors of fatigue in Japanese manufacturing workers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 262-269

  Yamazaki, Shin ^a   Fukuhara, Shunichi ^a   Suzukamo, Yoshimi ^a   Morita, Satoshi ^a   Okamura, Tomonori ^b   Tanaka, Taichiro ^b   Ueshima, Hirotsugu ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Lifestyle; Quality of life; Vitality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET; FATIGUE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JAPANESE; LIFESTYLE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SHORT FORM 36; SMOKING; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34447622712     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqm006     Document Type: Article

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