Design of the Japan nurses' health study: A prospective occupational cohort study of women's health in Japan

Industrial Health

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 679-686

  Hayashi, Kunihiko ^a   Mizunuma, Hideki ^b   Fujita, Toshiharu ^c   Suzuki, Shosuke ^d   Imazeki, Setsuko ^e   Katanoda, Kota ^f   Matsumura, Yasuhiro ^g   Kubota, Toshiro ^h   Aso, Takeshi ^h  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

^d Gunma Children's Medical Center   (Japan)

^e Kiryu University   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^h TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Nurses; Questionnaire; Smoking; Study design; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 36749000638     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.45.679     Document Type: Article

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