Shift work, health, the working time regulations and health assessments

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 127-137

  Nicholson, P J ^a   D'Auria, D A P ^b  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health assessments; Shift work; Working Time Regulations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METABOLISM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PEPTIC ULCER; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SCREENING; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DISORDER; WORKING TIME; WORKPLACE;

DISEASE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032901373     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/49.3.127     Document Type: Article

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