Suicide and karoshi (death from overwork) during the recent economic crises in Japan: the impacts, mechanisms and political responses

J Epidemiol Community Health. 2010 Aug;64(8):649-50. doi: 10.1136/jech.2009.090787.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Burnout, Professional / epidemiology
  • Burnout, Professional / etiology
  • Burnout, Professional / mortality*
  • Death, Sudden* / epidemiology
  • Economic Recession*
  • Employment / trends
  • Female
  • Financing, Personal
  • Health Literacy
  • Humans
  • Japan / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Occupational Diseases / epidemiology
  • Occupational Diseases / etiology
  • Politics*
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Suicide* / statistics & numerical data
  • Suicide* / trends
  • Unemployment / trends
  • Workload* / psychology