Prevalence of common infections among employees in different work schedules

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1003-1011

  Mohren, Danielle C L ^a   Jansen, Nicole W H ^a   Kant, IJmert ^a   Galama, Jochem M D ^b   Van Den Brandt, Piet A ^a   Swaen, Gerard M H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYEE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0036846904     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-200211000-00005     Document Type: Article

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