Effect of Long Working Hours on Self-reported Hypertension among Middle-aged and Older Wage Workers

Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Yoo, Dong H ^a   Kang, Mo Yeol ^a   Paek, Domyung ^a   Min, Bokki ^a   Cho, Sung Il ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Long working hours; Self reported hypertension; Wage workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DATA PROCESSING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERVIEW; LONG WORKING HOUR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OVERTIME WORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER; WORKING TIME;

EID: 84979198579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20524374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40557-014-0025-0     Document Type: Article

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