Mortality risks in relation to occupational category and position among the Japanese working population: The Jichi Medical School (JMS) cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Hirokawa, Kumi ^a   Tsutsumi, Akizumi ^b   Kayaba, Kazunori ^c  

^a BAIKA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84884575793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002690     Document Type: Article

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