TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Extended working hours and health
JO  - Chronobiology international
A1  - Raediker, Britta
A1  - Janssen, Daniela
A1  - Schomann, Carsten
A1  - Nachreiner, Friedhelm
SP  - 1305
EP  - 1316
VL  - 23
IS  - 6
N2  - Statistical analyses of the relation between the amount of working hours and impairments to health, based on data from a European survey on working conditions in 2000, clearly reveal that there is a substantial correlation between the number of working hours per week and the frequencies of health complaints. This applies to both musculo-skeletal disorders as well as to psycho-vegetative complaints. The relationship of the duration of the exposure to working conditions to health impairments is moderated by a great number of individual (e.g., age) and situational (e.g., shift-work) variables, showing additive or interactive effects for which selected examples have been presented. In general, however, there is a consistent functional relationship between the number or working hours and their effects on the workers that holds over a great variety of conditions. It is argued that requests for extending working hours should thus be handled with care.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0742-0528
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07420520601096245
ID  - ref1
ER  -