Influence of differences in their jobs on cardiovascular risk factors in male blue-collar shift workers in their fifties

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 313-318

  Inoue, Masaiwa ^a   Morita, Hideko ^a   Inagaki, Junko ^a   Harada, Noriaki ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blue collar worker; Dyslipidemia; Hypertension; Job type; Obesity; Shift work

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PAPER INDUSTRY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP PROCESSING; SHIFT WORKER; SMOKING; STRESS; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKER;

EID: 4444271607     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2004.10.3.313     Document Type: Article

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