Comparison of eight and 12 hour shifts: Impacts an health, wellbeing, and alertness during the shift

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 767-772

  Tucker, Philip ^a   Barton, Jane ^b   Folkard, Simon ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; Safety; Shift systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER; WELLBEING;

EID: 0029821572     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.11.767     Document Type: Article

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