Changes from weekly backward to quicker forward rotating shift systems in the steel industry

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 267-273

  Knauth, Peter ^a   Hornberger, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advancing rotation; Delaying rotation; Quick rotation of shifts; Shift system; Weekly rotation of shifts

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; PERSONNEL; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

DELAYING ROTATION; QUICK SHIFTS ROTATION; SHIFT SYSTEM;

WORK-REST SCHEDULES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LEISURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME;

EID: 0032031313     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(97)00049-8     Document Type: Article

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