Health behaviours and outcomes associated with fly-in fly-out and shift workers in Western Australia

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 440-444

  Joyce, S J ^a   Tomlin, S M ^a   Somerford, P J ^a   Weeramanthri, T S ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Occupational health; Population surveillance; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FLY IN FLY OUT WORKER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SHIFT WORKER; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR TRAVEL; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875637837     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02885.x     Document Type: Article

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