The association between long working hours and health: A systematic review of epidemiological evidence

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-18

  Bannai, Akira ^a   Tamakoshi, Akiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

All cause mortality; Anxiety; Circulatory disease; Depression; Diabetes mellitus; Health related behavior; Overtime; Shift work; Sleep; Working time

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES; DISEASE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SLEEP; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANXIETY DISORDER; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF SLEEP DISORDERS; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCINFO; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DISORDER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WORKING TIME;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84891596489     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3388     Document Type: Review

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