Why do Japanese workers work themselves to death?

International Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-74

  Kawanishi, Yuko ^a  

^a TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 47549102951     PISSN: 00207411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/IMH0020-7411370104     Document Type: Review

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