Open AccessWork environment of Danish shift and day workers
Author(s) -
Henrik Bøggild,
Hermann Burr,
Finn Tüchsen,
Hans Jeppe Jeppesen
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.595
Subject(s) - shift work , evening , work (physics) , danish , job strain , psychosocial , population , morning , psychology , job control , demography , medicine , environmental health , engineering , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , physics , astronomy , sociology
Both shift work and other work environment factors have been shown to be related to heart disease. This study examined whether shift work is associated with other work environment factors related to heart disease in a random sample of the population. If so, shift work could be acting as a proxy for work environment differences.