Search for dissertations about: "Shift work"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 633 swedish dissertations containing the words Shift work.

  2. 1. Shift work and cardiovascular disease

    Author : Jonas Hermansson; Anders Knutsson; Berndt Karlsson; Katja Gillander Gådin; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Shift work; epidemiology; cardiovascular disease; stroke; case fatality;

    Abstract : Shift work is a work schedule being the opposite of normal daytime work, often defined as working time outside normal daytime hours (06:00 to 18:00). In recent years, shift work has been associated with an increased risk of numerous chronic conditions including for example cardiovascular disease, some types of cancer, type II diabetes, and the metabolic syndrome. READ MORE

  4. 2. Postal work - work organizational changes as tools to improve health

    Author : Kurt Wahlstedt; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Medical sciences; Postal work; shift work; work organization; gastrointestinal; sleep; musculoskeletal; psychosocial; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; arbets- och miljömedicin; Occupational and Environmental Medicine;

    Abstract : Postal work is performed in very different settings, and the works are e.g., drivers, letter carriers, postal sorters, and counter clerks. READ MORE

  5. 3. Ambulance Work : Relationships between occupational demands, individual characteristics and health-related outcomes

    Author : Ulrika Aasa; Ewa Wigaeus Tornqvist; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : ambulance; autonomic reactivity; body size; cortisol; demand-control-support; emergency personnel; fitness; gender; heart rate variability; low-back pain; neck-shoulder pain; occupational; physical capacity; work simulated test; worry; Occupational and Environmental Medicine; arbets- och miljömedicin;

    Abstract : Although musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and other health complaints are an occupational problem for ambulance personnel, there is a lack of knowledge regarding work-related factors associated with MSDs and other health complaints. The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the relationships between occupational demands, individual characteristics and health-related outcomes among ambulance personnel. READ MORE

  6. 4. Nutrition and shift work : the effect of work hours on dietary intake, meal patterns and nutritional status parameters

    Author : Maria A. C. Lennernäs; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

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  7. 5. Beyond treatment? : widening the approach to alcohol problems and solutions

    Author : Jan Blomqvist; Douglas Cameron; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social work; Socialt arbete; Social Work; socialt arbete;

    Abstract : The dissertation includes four different studies which, from different points of departure, aim to illuminate problems and prospects of social work with alcohol problems in contemporary Sweden.Paper 1 analyses the historical succession of predominant public images of, and societal responses to, alcohol problems in Sweden during the past century. READ MORE