Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Comparison of eight and 12 hour shifts : impacts on health, wellbeing, and alertness during the shift

Notes: Sumario: The generally agreed view is that there is no ideal shift system, and that most systems will have both advantages and disadvantages. As such, attention has been placed on trying to identify good and bad features of shift systems, with a view to minimising the possible ill health as a consequence of shiftwork. The present study focuses on the duration of the shift and looks at the implications for individual health, wellbeing, and alertness during the shift of extending the shift from the traditional eight hours to 12Related records: En: Occupational and environmental medicine. - London and Margate. - Vol. 53, nº 11, November 1996 ; p. 767-772Materia / lugar / evento: Ergonomía Jornada laboral Condiciones de trabajo Fatiga mental Salud Ritmo circadiano Otros autores: Barton, Jane
Folkard, Simon
Secondary titles: Título: Occupational and environmental medicine
Other categories: 875