And he said the findings, published in the Occupational and Environmental Health journal, supported initiative such as the 48-hour European Working Time Directive to cut the number of working hours.
研究结果在《职业和环境卫生》周刊上发表。他说研究结果为《欧洲工作时间法》提供了依据。该法令规定了每周48小时工作制，旨在削减工作时间。
From the records, researchers found 5,139 work-related injuries and illnesses, ranging from stress to cuts, burns and muscle injuries.
在报告中，研究者们发现了5139种和工作有关的伤害和疾病，从紧张到割伤、烧伤、肌肉拉伤，各种情况都有。
More than half of these injuries and illnesses occurred in jobs with extended working hours or overtime.
半数以上的伤害和疾病都是由于加班加点、长时间工作引起的。
The researchers concluded that the more hours worked, the greater the risk of injury.
研究者们得出的结论是：工作的时间越长，受到伤害的危险越大。
But they did not find that lengthy commutes to and from work had any impact on illness and injury.
但是，他们并没有发现上下班长时间乘车对伤害和疾病有任何影响。
In the UK 14% of the working population--3.6m--work more than 48 hours a week.
在英国，14％的就业人口，也就是大约360万人口，每周的工作时间超过48小时