Health disorders of shift workers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-108

  Knutsson, Anders ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Gastrointestinal diseases; Health; Medical surveillance; Night work; Pregnancy; Shift work

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NIGHT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOLOGY; PEPTIC ULCER; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SHIFT WORKER; WORK SCHEDULE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; METABOLIC DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0037352799     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqg048     Document Type: Review

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