Fatigue in the workplace: causes and countermeasures

Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health and Behavior

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 81-98

  Williamson, Ann ^a   Friswell, Rena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fatigue; occupational; safety; work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FATIGUE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; NIGHT WORK; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SHIFT WORKER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84897936768     PISSN: 21641846     EISSN: 21641862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21641846.2012.744581     Document Type: Article

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