The difference between activity when in bed and out of bed. III. Nurses on night work

Chronobiology International

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 273-282

  Minors, David ^a   Waterhouse, James ^a,b   Folkard, Simon ^c   Atkinson, Greg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

activity; circadian rhythms; night work; sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; SLEEP;

EID: 0029973226     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420529609020907     Document Type: Article

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