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Comparison of eight and 12 hour shifts : impacts on health, wellbeing, and alertness during the shift
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MAP20071027019
Tucker, Philip ‌
Comparison of eight and 12 hour shifts : impacts on health, wellbeing, and alertness during the shift / Philip Tucker, Jane Barton, Simon Folkard
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 12
En: Occupational and environmental medicine. - London and Margate. - Vol. 53, nº 11, November 1996 ; p. 767-772
1. Ergonomía ‌. 2. Jornada laboral ‌. 3. Condiciones de trabajo ‌. 4. Fatiga mental ‌. 5. Salud ‌. 6. Ritmo circadiano ‌. I. Barton, Jane ‌. II. Folkard, Simon ‌. III. Title. IV. Título: Occupational and environmental medicine.