European Working Time Directive and doctors' health: A systematic review of the available epidemiological evidence

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Rodriguez Jareño, Maria Cruz ^a,b   Demou, Evangelia ^c   Vargas Prada, Sergio ^d   Sanati, Kaveh A ^c,e   Škerjanc, Alenka ^f   Reis, Pedro G ^g   Helimäki Aro, Ritva ^h   Macdonald, Ewan B ^c   Serra, Consol ^a,d,i,j  

^a Sociedad Espanola de Medicina y Seguridad en el Trabajo   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e EPSOM AND ST HELIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^g Portuguese Diabetes Association   (Portugal)

^h Helsinki City Occupational Health Centre   (Finland)

ⁱ Occupational Health Service   (Spain)

^j CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOOD DISORDER; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; STUDENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORKING TIME; EUROPE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; WORK;

EUROPE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIANS; TIME FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 84903825936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-004916     Document Type: Review

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