Long working hours and metabolic syndrome among Japanese men: a cross-sectional study.

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Published in BMC Public Health on May 31, 2012

Authors

Tomoko Kobayashi1, Etsuji Suzuki, Soshi Takao, Hiroyuki Doi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.

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