Shift work, safety, and aging

Chronobiology International

Volumn 25, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 183-198

  Folkard, Simon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidents; Aging; Injuries; Safety; Work schedules

Indexed keywords

AGED WORKER; AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RETIREMENT; SHIFT WORKER; WORK CAPACITY;

AGING; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 47349093424     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07420520802106694     Document Type: Conference Paper

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