Heart rate variability assessment in Japanese workers recovered from depressive disorders resulting from job stress: Measurements in the workplace

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 521-529

  Takada, Mikio ^a   Ebara, Takeshi ^a   Kamijima, Michihiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acceleration plethysmography; Depressive disorders; Heart rate variability; Job stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART RATE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FATIGUE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART RATE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SICK LEAVE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77955478590     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-009-0499-1     Document Type: Article

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