The impact of roster changes on absenteeism and incident frequency in an australian coal mine

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-49

  Baker, A ^a   Heiler, K ^b   Ferguson, S A ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COAL MINING; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ABSENTEEISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COAL MINING; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUEENSLAND; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0037235253     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.1.43     Document Type: Article

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