Monday, November 2, 2009

Atypical work hours and metabolic syndrome among police officers

Summary: Results suggest shorter sleep duration and more overtime combined with midnight shift work may be important contributors to the metabolic syndrome according to a recent study on 98 police officers.

Violanti, J. M., Burchfiel, C. M., Hartley, T. A., Mnatsakanova, A., Fekedulegn, D., Andrew, M. E., Charles, L. E., and Vila, B. J. (2009). Atypical work hours and metabolic syndrome among police officers. Archives of environmental & occupational health, 64(3):194-201. http://www.citeulike.org/user/HEIRS/article/6057311

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