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dc.contributor.authorLoudoun, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorAllan, Cameron
dc.contributor.editorProfessor J Wilson, Professor j Parsons
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:12:11Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:12:11Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.modified2009-03-12T06:33:29Z
dc.identifier.issn0003-6870
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.apergo.2007.12.005
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/21665
dc.description.abstractLabour force participation of adolescents in Australia is growing at an unprecedented rate. This increased participation is coupled with a growing realisation of the vulnerability of adolescents in the labour market in terms of occupational injury. Despite recent evidence that time of day may be an important determinant of adolescent injuries, the impact of non-standard and night work on adolescent injury rates has received scant attention to date. The current study addresses this shortcoming by examining injury patterns of 3201 working adolescents in Queensland. Results revealed that female adolescents are 2.5 times more likely to sustain an injury on day shift and 4.71 times more likely to sustain an injury on night shift than their adult counterparts when total work hours are taken into consideration. Similar results were found for male adolescents with an injury to work hours ratio of 2.19 on day shift and 3.05 on night shift. These findings point to the value of considering the temporal pattern of adolescent work in future research aimed at minimising injuries at work and improving the work experience of tomorrow's workforce.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent135403 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeUK
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.elsevier.com/locate/apergo
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom663
dc.relation.ispartofpageto670
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalApplied Ergonomics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume39
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSports science and exercise
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMedical physiology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchDesign
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4207
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3208
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3303
dc.titleThe effect of time of day on injury patterns amongst adolescents in Australia
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Dept of Employment Relations and Human Resources
gro.rights.copyright© 2008 Elsevier. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2008
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorLoudoun, Rebecca J.


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