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New occupational threats to Japanese physicians: karoshi (death due to overwork) and karojisatsu (suicide due to overwork)

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  1. Dr Toru Hiyama, Health Service Center, Hiroshima University, 1-7-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima 739-8521, Japan; tohiyama{at}hiroshima-u.ac.jp
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Hiyama T, Yoshihara M
New occupational threats to Japanese physicians: karoshi (death due to overwork) and karojisatsu (suicide due to overwork)
Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2008;65:428-429.

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  • First published May 16, 2008.
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April 27, 2016

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