Is health, measured by work ability index, affected by 12-hour rotating shift schedules?

Chronobiology International

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1135-1148

  Yong, Mei ^a   Nasterlack, Michael ^a   Pluto, Rolf Peter ^a   Elmerich, Kathrin ^b   Karl, Dorothee ^c   Knauth, Peter ^d  

^a BASF SE   (Germany)

^b ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG   (Germany)

^c Metropolregion Rhein Neckar   (Germany)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health surveillance; Risk factors; Shiftwork; Work Ability Index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GERMANY; HEALTH; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORK; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GERMANY; HEALTH; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 77954848251     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2010.490111     Document Type: Article

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