Evaluation of an 8 hour versus a 12 hour shift roster on employees at a power station

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-93

  J Mitchell, Rebecca ^a   Williamson, Ann M ^b  

^a Natl Occup Hlth and Safety Commn   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compressed work weeks; Health; Shiftwork; Work performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP; SOCIAL LIFE; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 0033958392     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(99)00025-3     Document Type: Article

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