The impact of shift work on the risk and severity of injuries for hospital employees: An analysis using Oregon workers' compensation data

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 556-563

  Horwitz, Irwin B ^a   McCall, B P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Occupational injury; Shift work; Work schedules; Worker's compensation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHIFT WORKER; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OREGON; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 11044229873     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqh093     Document Type: Article

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