Age, overtime, and employee health, safety and productivity outcomes: A case study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 873-894

  Allen, Harris ^a,d   Woock, Christopher ^b   Barrington, Linda ^b   Bunn, William ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Conference Board ^*  (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Harris Allen Group LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AVERAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INDUSTRY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALARY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; UNITED STATES; WORKING TIME; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; AGE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 59649098982     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31818521ec     Document Type: Article

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