Prolonged effects of participation in disaster relief operations after the Mid-Niigata earthquake on increased cardiovascular risk among local governmental staff

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 695-702

  Azumaa, Tomoko ^a,b   Seki, Nao ^c   Tanabe, Naohito ^a   Saito, Reiko ^a   Honda, Akiko ^a,b   Ogawa, Yoshiko ^a,b   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Niigata Prefectural Government   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular diseases; Cholesterol; Disasters; Earthquakes; Epidemiology; Occupational health; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; JAPAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIEF WORK; STAFF; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 78650767329     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328336ed70     Document Type: Article

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