Workers With Irregular Hours During Seasonal Work Surges

Healthcare workers with tuberculosis infected during work.

The risk for healthcare workers (HCWs) of tuberculosis (TB) attributable to occupational exposure is difficult to determine, as are the conditions contributing to this risk. The objective of the present study was to determine which TB cases among HCWs in the Netherlands were infected during work and to analyse factors which contributed to infection and subsequent disease. The total study popula...

Weekly work hours and stress complaints of workers in Korea.

BACKGROUND Koreans typically work long hours. We herein analyze the relationship between the level of working hours and extent of stress complaints. METHODS We analyzed stress complaints with respect to hours worked per week, as reported by 7,075 subjects, using data from the 2006 First Korean Working Conditions Survey. Subjects were categorized as those working fewer than 40 hr per week (sho...

Long work hours and obesity in Korean adult workers.

OBJECTIVES The present study was designed to identify the association between work hours and obesity in Korean adult manual and nonmanual workers, and to determine whether there is a gender difference in this association. METHODS The study was conducted using Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data collected between 2007 and 2010. Individuals aged below 25 or over 64 year...

White-collar workers’ hemodynamic responses during working hours

In the present study, two investigations were conducted at a communication center, to examine white-collar workers' hemodynamic responses during working hours. In investigation I, hemodynamic responses were measured on a working day; and in investigation II, cardiovascular responses were verified on both working and non-working days. In investigation I, blood pressure, cardiac output, heart rat...

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