Flexibility of working hours in the 24-hour society

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 280-287

  Costa, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Shiftwork; Social organization; Working times

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TIME; TIME MANAGEMENT; WORK;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS; TIME MANAGEMENT; WORK;

EID: 38449106886     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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