Working hours and health - 2014 : coordination of research on working hours and health in the Nordic countries - future perspectives 2014 / A. D. Larsen [and twenty seven others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Larsen, A. D., author.

Series:

TemaNord ; 2015:543.

TemaNord, 0908-6692 ; 2015:543

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hours of labor--Law and legislation.

Hours of labor.

Hours of labor--Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (81 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Copenhagen, [Denmark] : Nordic Council of Ministers, 2015.

Contents:

Contents; Summary; Introduction; 1. Scope and program of the work-shop "Coordination of research on working hours and health in the Nordic countries" in 2014; 2. Participants; Finland; Norway; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Iceland; Denmark; 3. Future collaborations; 3.1 Future meetings and funding; 4. Identification of key variables on working hours; 5. Identification of relevant registers on health outcomes across the Nordic countries; 5.1 Finland; 1. Hospitalizations; 2. Sickness absence; 3. Prescription drugs; 4. Cancer; 5. Accidents; 6. Pensions; 7. Mortality; 5.2 Norway

1. Hospitalizations2. Sickness absence; 3. Prescription drugs; 4. Cancer; 5. Accidents; 6. Military; 7. Cause of Death; 8. Diabetes; 5.2.1 Demographic; 9. Education; 10. Tax; 5.3 Sweden; 1. Hospitalizations; 2. Sickness absence; 3. Prescription drugs; 4. Cancer; 5. Accidents; 5.4 Denmark; 1. Hospitalizations; 2. Sickness absence; 3. Prescription drugs; 4. Cancer; 5. Accidents; 6. Causes of Death; 7. Pension; 6. Abstracts; 6.1 Which groups are characterised by high or low work time control? A study in progress; Stress Research Institute Stockholm University

6.2 Research needs in the field of working hours and reproductive healthDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Bispebjerg hospital and University of Copenhagen; References; 6.3 How do different definitions of night shift affect the exposure assessment of night work?; References; 6.4 A comparison of information on working time from self-reports and pay-roll data - an example from Denmark; 6.5 Number of consecutive nights and sleep; References; 6.6 A Register Study Examining the Association between Shift Work and Sickness Absence

6.7 Developing measures to objectively assess working time patterns relevant to healthThe Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland; 6.8 Nonpharmacological treatments of insomnia among shift workers; Development of Work and Organizations, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health; References; 6.9 Overview of on-going working time research projects at the Stress Research Institute; 6.10 The SLOSH cohort - with emphasizes on work time related measures; Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Sweden.

6.11 Studies of health outcome and sick leave, based on survey data from Statistics NorwayNational Institute of Occupational Health, Norway; 6.12 Importance of natural daylight exposure in healthy shiftwork; Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Sweden, arne.lowden@su.se; 6.13 Hyperalgesia after experimental and work-related sleep restriction; 6.14 Working hours and accidents; The National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark; 6.15 Sleep, sleepiness, and sleepiness countermeasures in safety-critical industries: field studies on truck drivers and airline pilots

Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 11, 2016).

ISBN:

92-893-4194-7

92-893-4193-9

OCLC:

946552929