Does Job Strain Influence Prolong Fatigue? Survey in Kaohsiung City Using Checklist Individual Strength and Chinese

Hsiao-Ching Lai1, Chia-Pin Lin, Chun-Ying Lee

  • 1From the Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (H.-C.L., C.-Y.L.); Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (C.-P.L., C.-C.Y.); Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (H.-Y.C., C.-C.Y.); Department of Public Health and Environmental Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (H.-Y.C.); Research Center for Precision Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (C.-C.Y., C.-H.H.); Department of Public Health, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan (K.W.); Department of Orthopedic, Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (P.-J.H.); and Department of Digital Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan (N.K.).

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