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Do permanent night workers show circadian adjustment? A review based on the endogenous melatonin rhythm by Folkard, Simon

“…"Permanent" or "fixed" night shifts have been argued to offer a potential benefit over rotating shift systems in that they may serve to maximize circadian…”
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Working Time Society consensus statements: A multi-level approach to managing occupational sleep-related fatigue by WONG, Imelda S., POPKIN, Stephen, FOLKARD, Simon

“…A substantial body of literature indicates that shift workers have a significantly higher risk of workplace accidents and injuries, compared to workers in…”
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More Than Morningness: The Effect of Circadian Rhythm Amplitude and Stability on Resilience, Coping, and Sleep Duration by Di Milia, Lee, Folkard, Simon

“…Self-report tools that measure circadian rhythms have focused primarily on phase. We add to the sparse literature on assessing amplitude and stability. We…”
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Chronic effects of shift work on cognition: findings from the VISAT longitudinal study by Marquié, Jean-Claude, Tucker, Philip, Folkard, Simon, Gentil, Catherine, Ansiau, David

“…Objectives Shift work, like chronic jet lag, is known to disrupt workers’ normal circadian rhythms and social life, and to be associated with increased health…”
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Modeling the impact of the components of long work hours on injuries and "accidents" by Folkard, Simon, Lombardi, David A.

“…Background Many of the industrial disasters of the last few decades, including Three Mile island, Chernobyl, Bhopal, Exxon Valdez, and the Estonia ferry, have…”
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Independent effects of sleep duration and body mass index on the risk of a work-related injury: evidence from the US National Health Interview Survey (2004-2010) by Lombardi, David A, Wirtz, Anna, Willetts, Joanna L, Folkard, Simon

“…Fatigue has been linked to adverse safety outcomes, and poor quality or decreased sleep has been associated with obesity (higher body mass index, BMI)…”
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Towards a more comprehensive definition of shift work tolerance by SAKSVIK-LEHOUILLIER, Ingvild, PALLESEN, Stale, BJORVATN, Bjorn, MAGERØY, Nils, FOLKARD, Simon

“…The aim of the present study was to define the nature of individual differences in shift work tolerance (SWT). This was investigated by an exploratory factor…”
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Shiftwork: Safety, Sleepiness and Sleep by FOLKARD, Simon, LOMBARDI, David A., TUCKER, Philip T.

“…This brief paper reviews the available published literature on shiftwork and safety that allows the relative risk of “accidents” or injuries associated with…”
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Future directions in fatigue and safety research by Noy, Y. Ian, Horrey, William J., Popkin, Stephen M., Folkard, Simon, Howarth, Heidi D., Courtney, Theodore K.

“…Fatigue is regarded as a major contributor to workplace and highway morbidity and mortality. While the scientific literature is replete with studies that can…”
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The Effects of Rest Breaks, Work Shift Start Time, and Sleep on the Onset of Severe Injury among Workers in the People's Republic of China by Lombardi, David A, Jin, Kezhi, Courtney, Theodore K, Arlinghaus, Anna, Folkard, Simon, Liang, Youxin, Perry, Melissa J

“…Objective The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of the duration and timing of rest breaks on traumatic injury risk across a shift in a…”
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The Impact of Junior Doctors' Worktime Arrangements on Their Fatigue and well-being by Tucker, Philip, Brown, Menna, Dahlgren, Anna, Davies, Gwyneth, Ebden, Philip, Folkard, Simon, Hutchings, Hayley, Åkerstedt, Torbjörn

“…Objective Many doctors report working excessively demanding schedules that comply with the European Working Time Directive (EWTD). We compared groups of junior…”
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The Effect of Rest Breaks on Time to Injury-A Study on Work-Related Ladder-fall Injuries in the United States by Arlinghaus, Anna, Lombardi, David A, Courtney, Theodore K, Christiani, David C, Folkard, Simon, Perry, Melissa J

“…Objectives Rest breaks and other work-related temporal factors, such as time spent on task, influence the accumulation of fatigue, and thus impact occupational…”
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Gender differences in the effect of weekly working hours on occupational injury risk in the United States working population by Wirtz, Anna, Lombardi, David A, Willetts, Joanna L, Folkard, Simon, Christiani, David C

“…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…”
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A validation of the revised circadian type inventory in a working sample by Di Milia, Lee, Smith, Peter A., Folkard, Simon

“…The measurement properties and construct validity of the two-factor 11-item Circadian Type Inventory (CTI) was examined in a working sample comprising…”
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Effects of Age, Gender, and Retirement on Perceived Sleep Problems: Results from the VISAT Combined Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Study by Marquiáe, Jean-Claude, Folkard, Simon, Ansiau, David, Tucker, Philip

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The impact of rest breaks on temporal trends in injury risk by Tucker, Philip, Lombardi, David, Smith, Lawrence, Folkard, Simon

“…This study examined the impact of rest breaks on temporal trends in industrial accident risks in an attempt to replicate earlier findings of a linear increase…”
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Flexible working hours, health, and well-being in Europe: some considerations from a SALTSA project by Costa, Giovanni, Akerstedt, Torbjorn, Nachreiner, Friedhelm, Baltieri, Federica, Carvalhais, José, Folkard, Simon, Dresen, Monique Frings, Gadbois, Charles, Gartner, Johannes, Sukalo, Hiltraud Grzech, Härmä, Mikko, Kandolin, Irja, Sartori, Samantha, Silvério, Jorge

“…The project brought together researchers from 9 EU-Countries and resulted in a number of actions, in particular the following: (a) There is an urgent need of…”
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Estimating hourly work schedule risk in railway traffic controllers by Roets, Bart, Folkard, Simon

“…•We introduce an “Hourly Risk Index” to assess fatigue-related work schedule risk.•We consider the relative risk of cumulative, time-of-day, and time-on-duty…”
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The three-process model of alertness and its extension to performance, sleep latency, and sleep length by Akerstedt, T, Folkard, S

“…This paper summarizes a mathematical/computer model for predicting alterness/performance in daily living. The model uses sleep data as input and contains a…”
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Refining the psychometric properties of the circadian type inventory by Di Milia, Lee, Smith, Peter A, Folkard, Simon

“…The psychometric properties of the 18-item circadian type inventory (CTI) were examined in a non-shiftwork sample. Inter-item correlations for each scale were…”
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