The Shift-Work Accident Rate is More Related to the Shift Type than to Shift Rotation

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1586-1594

  Kantermann, Thomas ^a   Haubruge, Damien ^b   Skene, Debra J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b ARCELORMITTAL   (France)

Author keywords

accident; clockwise rotation; counterclockwise rotation; sleep deprivation; work schedule

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880400709     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2012.708263     Document Type: Article

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