Effort-reward imbalance and physical health among Japanese workers in a recently downzised corporation

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 409-417

  Irie, Masahiro ^a   Tsutsumi, Akizumi ^b   Shioji, Izuru ^c   Kobayashi, Fumio ^d  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHINO TEST CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biopyrrins; Cortisol; Effort reward imbalance; Glucose; Glutamic pyruvic transaminase

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIOXIDANT; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROCORTISONE; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; JAPAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REWARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WORK CAPACITY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIPYRONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERSONNEL DOWNSIZING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REINFORCEMENT, SOCIAL; REWARD; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 4644330196     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-004-0533-2     Document Type: Article

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