Overtime work and stress response in a group of Japanese workers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-19

  Sato, Yuji ^a,b   Miyake, Hitoshi ^b   Thériault, Gilles ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Long working hours; Mental health; Occupational health; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 58149385701     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqn141     Document Type: Article

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