The impact of shift and night work on health

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-16

  Costa, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health impairment; Nightwork; Occupational medicine; Shiftwork

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; EATING HABIT; FAMILY LIFE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; NIGHT WORK; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PERSONALITY; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOCIAL LIFE; WELLBEING;

EID: 0030066987     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-6870(95)00047-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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