Some considerations about aging, shift work and work ability

International Congress Series

Volumn 1280, Issue , 2005, Pages 67-72

  Costa, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Night work; Shift work; Tolerance; Work ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747625199     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2005.02.088     Document Type: Article

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