Occupation and plasma fibrinogen in Japanese male and female workers: The Jichi Medical School Cohort study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1091-1097

  Hirokawa, Kumi ^a   Tsutsumi, Akizumi ^b   Kayaba, Kazunori ^c  

^a FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fibrinogen; Gender difference; Japanese workers; Occupational category; Occupational position; Socioeconomic status (SES)

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH RISK; PLASMA; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 61849160414     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.12.040     Document Type: Article

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