Is there an optimum number of night shifts? relationship between sleep, health and well-being

Work and Stress

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 1995, Pages 109-123

  Barton, Jane ^a   Spelten, Evelien ^a   Totterdell, Peter ^a   Smith, Lawrence ^b   Folkard, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Night shifts; Shift system; Sleep duration; Sleep quality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP; SOCIAL ASPECT; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0029549433     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678379508256545     Document Type: Article

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