Can varying the number of teams in a shift schedule constitute a preventive strategy?

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages 47-55

  Jeppesen, Hans Jeppe ^a   Kleiven, Magnar ^b   Bøggild, Henrik ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Confederation Norwegian Bus/Indust ^*  (Norway)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Organization and administration; Shift work; Work hours; Workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEAMWORK; WELLBEING; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 12344338595     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102004000700008     Document Type: Article

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