Work-related accidents and daylight saving time in Finland

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-28

  Lahti, T ^a   Sysi Aho, J ^b   Haukka, J ^a   Partonen, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Federation of Accident Insurance Institutions   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accident; DST; Occupational injuries; SCN; Sleep deprivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650596632     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqq167     Document Type: Article

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