Gender differences in the effect of weekly working hours on occupational injury risk in the United States working population

• Main Authors: Anna Wirtz (Author), David A Lombardi (Author), Joanna L Willetts (Author), Simon Folkard (Author), David C Christiani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2012-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: Long working hours can lead to an accumulation in fatigue that may increase worker's risk of injury. However, it is not known if this association is different for men and women. Our aim was, therefore, to investigate gender differences in the effect of weekly working hours on occupa...