How to schedule night shift work in order to reduce health and safety risks

• Main Authors: Anne Helene Garde (Author), Luise Begtrup (Author), Bjørn Bjorvatn (Author), Jens Peter Bonde (Author), Johnni Hansen (Author), Åse Marie Hansen (Author), Mikko Härmä (Author), Marie Aarrebo Jensen (Author), Göran Kecklund (Author), Henrik A Kolstad (Author), Ann Dyreborg Larsen (Author), Jenny Anne Lie (Author), Claudia RC Moreno (Author), Kirsten Nabe-Nielsen (Author), Mikael Sallinen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: This discussion paper aims to provide scientifically based recommendations on night shift schedules, including consecutive shifts, shift intervals and duration of shifts, which may reduce health and safety risks. Short-term physiological effects in terms of circadian disruption, inadequa...