Police officers attitude to different shift systems: Association with age, present shift schedule, health and sleep/wake complaints

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 565-571

  Kecklund, Göran ^a,b   Eriksen, Claire Anne ^c   Åkerstedt, Torbjörn ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c The Swedish National Police Academy   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Individual differences; Work hours

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH RISKS; LAW ENFORCEMENT;

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; POLICE OFFICERS; SHIFT SCHEDULES; WORK HOURS;

WORK-REST SCHEDULES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICE; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE; SWEDEN; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 43449105319     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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