Work accidents among shiftworkers in industry

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 275-281

  Nag, P K ^a   Patel, V G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Accidents; India; Injury; Night work; Shift work; Textile industry

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; PERSONNEL; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

INDIA; SHIFT WORK;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FATIGUE; FINGER; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIFT WORKER; STRESS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 0032030481     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(97)00050-4     Document Type: Article

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