What do we know about ageing at work? Evidence-based fitness for duty and health in fire fighters

Ergonomics

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1897-1913

  Sluiter, J K ^a   Frings Dresen, M H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageing; Fire fighters; Fitness for duty

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH RISKS; JOB ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS; FIRE FIGHTERS; INTER-INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ERGONOMICS;

AGE; AGING; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; COLON CANCER; EXERCISE TEST; FIRE FIGHTER; FITNESS; HEART DISEASE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIFTING EFFORT; MEDICAL LEAVE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK CAPACITY; WORK DISABILITY; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FIRES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 35848948157     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701676005     Document Type: Article

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