Sleep quality and physical and social well-being in North American petrochemical shift workers

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 305-312

  Jaffe, Mary P ^a   Smolensky, Michael H ^a   Wun, Chuan Chuan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FITNESS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP; SOCIAL ASPECT; WELLBEING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP; TEXAS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0030007959     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199603000-00009     Document Type: Article

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