Sleep quality of former night-shift workers

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Dumont, Marie ^a   Montplaisir, Jacques ^b   Infante Rivard, Claire ^b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Long term effects; Nighttime work; Nurses; Polysomnography; Shiftwork; Sleep; Sleep quality; Sleep stages

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002949919     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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