Regulations as prevention strategies for shiftwork problems

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Jeppesen, Hans Jeppe ^a,c   Bøggild, Henrik ^a   Larsen, Kurt ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b County Committee on Health and Safety ^*  (Denmark)

^c Department of Occupational Medicine ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hospital sector; Participation; Prevention; Regulations; Shiftwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343638656     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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