Self–reported health and well-being amongst night security guards: A comparison with the working population

Ergonomics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 525-530

  Alfredsson, L ^a   Akerstedt T ^b   Mattsson, M ^c   Wilborg, B ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Health and Safety Services of the Transport Trades ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE--EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN ENGINEERING--WORK-REST SCHEDULES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

NIGHT SECURITY GUARDS; SLEEP WAKE DISTURBANCES; WORKER WELL BEING; WORKING POPULATION;

PERSONNEL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORBIDITY; NAUSEA; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF EVALUATION; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DISORDER; WELLBEING;

ADULT; FATIGUE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SECURITY MEASURES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWEDEN; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0026162343     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139108967334     Document Type: Article

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