The November issue of the American Journal of Industrial Medicine features a
special section on various aspects of research on long work hours, health, and
safety. This collection of articles is a response to the "2004 Long Work Hour
Conference," sponsored by the US-American National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the University of Maryland School of Nursing.

Articles include:

• Long working hours, safety, and health: Toward a national research agenda
  
• Long hours of work in the U.S.: Associations with demographic and
  organizational characteristics, psychosocial working conditions, and health
  
• Modeling the impact of the components of long work hours on injuries and
  accidents
  
• Longitudinal relationship of work hours, mandatory overtime, and on-call to
  musculoskeletal problems in nurses
  
• Impact of long work hours on police officers and the communities they serve

Further Information

AplusA-online.de - Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)