Medical program for shift workers - Impacts on chronic disease and mortality outcomes

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 309-318

  Oberlinner, Christoph ^a   Ott, M Gerald ^a   Nasterlack, Michael ^a   Yong, Mei ^a   Messerer, Peter ^a   Zober, Andreas ^a   Lang, Stefan ^a  

^a BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Health promotion; Shift work; Work schedule tolerance; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; MORTALITY RISK; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEATH; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DUODENUM DISEASE; EPILEPSY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MANUAL LABOR; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY RISK; PANCREAS DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; STOMACH DISEASE; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 77950552705     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1332     Document Type: Article

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