Overtime work and blood pressure in normotensive Japanese male workers

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 979-985

  Nakamura, Koshi ^a   Sakurai, Masaru ^a   Morikawa, Yuko ^a   Miura, Katsuyuki ^b   Ishizaki, Masao ^a   Kido, Teruhiko ^c   Naruse, Yuchi ^d   Suwazono, Yasushi ^e   Nakagawa, Hideaki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^e CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

blood pressure; epidemiology; hypertension; overtime work; prospective study; work type

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84865251880     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2012.37     Document Type: Article

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