The adaptation of night nurses to different work schedules

Ergonomics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 1987, Pages 1301-1309

  Verhaegen, Paul ^a   Cober, Raf ^a   de Smedt, Monique ^a   Dirkx, Jan ^a   Kerstens, Jan ^a   Ryvers, Dirkr ^a   van Dael, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Night care; Nursing; Sleep deprivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; SLEEP STAGE; WORK; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; SLEEP STAGES; WORK; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0023409723     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140138708966024     Document Type: Article

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