Predisposing factors of sleep-disordered breathing in Japanese male workers

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 461-466

  Niijima, Kuniyuki ^a   Mizoue, Tetsuya ^b   Kawashima, Masatoshi ^a   Enta, Kazuhiko ^a   Sashihara, Shunsuke ^a   Morimoto, Yasuo ^c  

^a CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hyoid mental distance; Mandibular hypoplasia; Modified Mallampati score; Occupational health; Pulse oximetry; Screening; Sleep disordered breathing; Tonsillar hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OXIMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OXIMETRY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 37549030485     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.49.461     Document Type: Article

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