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Lynne Lamberg

JAMA. 2004;292:25-26.

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Baltimore—Americans spend more time on the job than workers in most of Western Europe, Japan, and nearly everywhere else in the world, except for Thailand, Hong Kong, and South Korea, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) reports. Long commutes add hours and stress to the work day, which for some workers starts as early as 6 AM. Of 113 million US workers who labor 35 or more hours per week at paid jobs, 1 in 6 works mostly in the evening, at night, or on a rotating or irregular schedule.

Such long or irregular working hours, along with overtime and work on weekends, have an undeniable impact on health, safety, work performance, family and marital stress, and overall quality of life, explained speakers at a 2-day conference here in April that was cosponsored by NIOSH and the University of Maryland School of Nursing. . . . [Full Text of this Article]