Effects of long working hours and the night shift on severe sleepiness among workers with 12-hour shift systems for 5 to 7 consecutive days in the automobile factories of Korea

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 385-394

  Son, Mia ^a   Kong, Jeong Ok ^a   Koh, Sang Baek ^b   Kim, Jaeyoung ^c   Härmä, Mikko ^d  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

12 hour shift; Daily overtime; Long working hours; Sleepiness; Weekly overtime; Work intensity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHIFT WORKER; SOMNOLENCE; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; BODY MASS INDEX; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57449085138     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2008.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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