Medical screening and surveillance of shift workers for health problems

Clinics in Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 339-349

  Sood, Akshay ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PATIENT COUNSELING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SHIFT WORKER; SOCIAL CARE; STANDARDIZATION; TRAINING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0037960953     PISSN: 15260046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1526-0046(03)00029-3     Document Type: Review

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