Effects on employees of controlling working hours and working schedules

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 148-151

  Kubo, T ^a   Takahashi, M ^a   Togo, F ^b   Liu, X ^a   Shimazu, A ^b   Tanaka, K ^c   Takaya, M ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Employee work time control; Near misses; Variability of work time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; SLEEP; TIME; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84876938455     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqs234     Document Type: Article

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