Working hours and mental and physical fatigue in Japanese workers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 449-452

  Nagashima, Shouji ^a   Suwazono, Yasushi ^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

Chronic fatigue; Epidemiological study; Long working hours; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; FATIGUE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; IRRITABILITY; JAPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 34548509910     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqm047     Document Type: Article

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