Associations between employees' work schedules and the vocational consequences of workplace injuries

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 641-651

  Dembe, Allard E ^a   Delbos, Rachel ^a   Erickson, J Bianca ^a   Banks, Steven M ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Long hours; Overtime; Rehabilitation; Return to work; Shift work; Vocational consequences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; COVARIANCE; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NIGHT WORK; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK RESUMPTION; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 36249032618     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-007-9098-8     Document Type: Article

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