A gender approach to work ability and its relationship to professional and domestic work hours among nursing personnel

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 646-652

  Rotenberg, Lúcia ^a   Portela, Luciana Fernandes ^a   Banks, Bahby ^b   Griep, Rosane Harter ^a   Fischer, Frida Marina ^c   Landsbergis, Paul ^d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender.; Long work hours; Paid work; Unpaid work; Women's work; Work ability; Work load

Indexed keywords

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; LOGISTICS; NURSING; PERSONNEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

UNPAID WORK; WORK ABILITY; WORK LOADS;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORK CAPACITY; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 43249107654     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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