Shift work is a risk factor for increased total cholesterol level: A 14-year prospective cohort study in 6886 male workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 592-597

  Dochi, M ^a   Suwazono, Yasushi ^a   Sakata, K ^a   Okubo, Y ^b   Oishi, M ^a   Tanaka, K ^a   Kobayashi, E ^a   Nogawa, K ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; JAPANESE; JOB STRESS; LIFESTYLE; LIPID METABOLISM; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DISORDER; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CHOLESTEROL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; JAPAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 69949097413     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.042176     Document Type: Article

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