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shift work [′shift ‚wərk] (industrial engineering) Work paid for by day wage. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| For example, a sufficient number of high-quality epidemiologic findings of increased risk of breast cancer in shift-working women may lead to the conclusion that shift workers are indeed at higher risk, yet they cannot prove that light-at-night (LAN), or more generally, circadian disruption, is the reason (Stevens 2006). They say that it might explain why some shift workers have difficulty adjusting to a rotating schedule. More than one quarter of Australians with work-related injury or illness are shift workers and the second highest group of women affected, work in the health and community sectors making OHS a high priority for nurses. |
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