Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 10 , Pages 1112-1117 , December 2009

Psychosocial job characteristics and insomnia: A prospective cohort study using the Demand-Control-Support (DCS) and Effort–Reward Imbalance (ERI) job stress models

  • Atsuhiko Ota

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
    • Department of Public Health, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Public Health, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan. Tel.: +81 562 93 2453; fax: +81 562 93 3079.
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  • Takeshi Masue

      Affiliations

    • Daito Occupational Health Center, SANYO Co. Ltd., 1-1 Sanyo-cho, Daito, Osaka 574-8534, Japan
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  • Nobufumi Yasuda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
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  • Akizumi Tsutsumi

      Affiliations

    • Occupational Health Training Center, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahata-nishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan
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  • Yoshio Mino

      Affiliations

    • College of Social Welfare, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
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  • Hiroshi Ohara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
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  • Yuichiro Ono

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan

Received 25 December 2008 ,Revised 4 March 2009 ,Accepted 5 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2009.03.005

Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 10 , Pages 1112-1117 , December 2009

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