Suicide and karoshi (death from overwork) during the recent economic crises in Japan: The impacts, mechanisms and political responses

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 649-650

  Kondo, Naoki ^a   Oh, Juhwan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BURNOUT; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDITORIAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; SUDDEN DEATH; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DEATH, SUDDEN; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLITICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77955954245     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.090787     Document Type: Editorial

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