To present the available empirical evidence for the assumed position of the concept of work related fatigue as: (1) short term effect of the working day; and (2) an intermediate variable between work demands and the development of subjective health complaints and sickness absence.
Coronel Institute for Occupational and Environmental Health, Academic Medical Center, AmCOGG: Research Institute Amsterdam Center for Health and Health Care Research, Amsterdam, Netherlands. j.sluiter@amc.uva.nl