How to schedule night shift work in order to reduce health and safety risks

How to schedule night shift work in order to reduce health and safety risks

OBJECTIVES: This discussion paper aims to provide scientifically based recommendations on night shift schedules, including consecutive shifts, shift intervals and duration of shifts, which may reduce health and safety risks. Short-term physiological effects in terms of circadian disruption, inadequa...

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Main Authors:	Anne Helene Garde, Luise Begtrup, Bjørn Bjorvatn, Jens Peter Bonde, Johnni Hansen, Åse Marie Hansen, Mikko Härmä, Marie Aarrebo Jensen, Göran Kecklund, Henrik A Kolstad, Ann Dyreborg Larsen, Jenny Anne Lie, Claudia RC Moreno, Kirsten Nabe-Nielsen, Mikael Sallinen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH) 2020-11-01
Series:	Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
Subjects:	sleep duration shift work schedule night shift work schedule pregnancy cardio-metabolic disease cancer shift work sleepiness night work safety shift worker injury night shift risk sleep quality circadian disruption health
Online Access:	https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=3920

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