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The effect of high ambient temperature on the adjustment of operators to fast rotating 12-hour shiftwork

K K Vangelova1, C E Deyanov

  • 1Department of Physiology, Psychology and Ergonomics, National Center of Hygiene, Medical Ecology and Nutrition, 15 Dimiter Nestorov Boul., 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria.

Reviews on Environmental Health
|February 24, 2001
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