Overwork-related disorders in Japan: Recent trends and development of a national policy to promote preventive measures

Industrial Health

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 293-302

  Yamauchi, Takashi ^a   Yoshikawa, Toru ^a   Takamoto, Masahiro ^b   Sasaki, Takeshi ^a   Matsumoto, Shun ^a   Kayashima, Kotaro ^a   Takeshima, Tadashi ^c   Takahashi, Masaya ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c District Health and Welfare Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Cerebrovascular diseases; Japan; Mental disorders; National strategies; Overwork; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 85020103209     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2016-0198     Document Type: Article

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