Nonstandard working schedules and health: The systematic search for a comprehensive model

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Merkus, Suzanne L ^a,b   Holte, Kari Anne ^a   Huysmans, Maaike A ^b   Van Mechelen, Willem ^b   Van Der Beek, Allard J ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Extended working hours; Extended working weeks; Night work; Recovery after work; Shift work; Theory

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HEALTH; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; WORK; WORK SCHEDULE;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; REST; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; WORK; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84944736350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2407-9     Document Type: Article

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