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Longitudinal Factors Associated With Increased Alcohol and Tobacco Use in Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Workers 32 Months After the Nuclear Disaster
- Source :
- Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine. 61:69-74
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2019.
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Abstract
- OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to predict increased alcohol and tobacco use in Fukushima nuclear power plant (NPP) workers 3 years after a nuclear disaster. METHODS Surveys were conducted in two postdisaster waves (Wave 1: 2 to 3 months; Wave 2: 32 months). Adjusted risk ratio (aRR) was computed to assess the covariates of increased alcohol and tobacco use in Wave 2. RESULTS Increased alcohol use was associated with age of 29 years or less [aRR (95% confidence interval (95% CI): 1.26 (1.01 to 1.57)], major property loss [1.25 (95% CI 1.02 to 1.55)], and high posttraumatic stress responses (PTSRs) [1.34 (95% CI 1.08 to 1.67)] in Wave 1. Increased tobacco use was associated with age of 29 years or less [1.46 (95% CI 1.12 to 1.90)] and high PTSR [1.62 (95% CI 1.25 to 2.10)] in Wave 1 (P
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Tobacco use
Alcohol Drinking
Alcohol
law.invention
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Tobacco Use
chemistry.chemical_compound
law
Surveys and Questionnaires
Nuclear power plant
Odds Ratio
Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Humans
Medicine
Longitudinal Studies
business.industry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Confidence interval
Posttraumatic stress
chemistry
Relative risk
Nuclear disaster
Female
business
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10762752
- Volume :
- 61
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b8ce7f95427304c8af174003b8fe2f1e