Ageing, working hours and work ability

Ergonomics

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1914-1930

  Costa, G ^a   Sartori, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Health care workers; Shift work; Work ability; Working hours

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; JOB ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL TESTING; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

HEALTH CARE WORKERS; PERSONAL HEALTH STATUS; PHYSICAL WORK LOAD; WORK ABILITY INDEX; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHIFT WORKER; SKIN DISEASE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; WORK CAPACITY; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 35848938485     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701676054     Document Type: Article

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