Excessive fatigue and weight gain among cleanroom workers after changing from an 8-hour to a 12-hour shift

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 318-326

  Yamada, Y ^a   Kameda, M ^a   Noborisaka, Y ^a   Suzuki, H ^a   Honda, M ^a   Yamada, S ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body weight; Compressed work; Psychological health; Shift work; Work stress

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE; WEIGHT;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SHIFT WORKER; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT GAIN; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 0034767105     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.620     Document Type: Article

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