Benchmark duration of work hours for development of fatigue symptoms in Japanese workers with adjustment for job-related stress

Risk Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1689-1698

  Suwazono, Yasushi ^a   Dochi, Mirei ^a   Kobayashi, Etsuko ^a   Oishi, Mitsuhiro ^a   Okubo, Yasushi ^b   Tanaka, Kumihiko ^a   Sakata, Kouichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benchmark dose; Fatigue; Job related stress; Logistic regression; Work hours

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARK DOSE; FATIGUE; JOB-RELATED STRESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; WORK HOURS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BENCHMARKING; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; IRRITABILITY; JAPANESE; JOB STRESS; LETHARGY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKING TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 55349145252     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2008.01107.x     Document Type: Article

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