Long working hours, occupational health and the changing nature of work organization

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 921-929

  Johnson, Jeffrey V ^a,b,c   Lipscomb, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; History of work; Occupational diseases; Occupational exposure; Occupational injuries; Occupational research agenda; Overtime; Shift work; Sleep; Sociology of work; Stress; Work hours; Work organization; Work schedule; Work schedule tolerance; Workload

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FATIGUE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SHIFT WORKER; SMOKING; STRESS; UNITED STATES; WORKING TIME;

FATIGUE; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33750941778     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20383     Document Type: Conference Paper

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