Circadian heart rate variability rhythm in shift workers

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-44

  Freitas, João ^a,b   Lago, Pedro ^a   Puig, Jorge ^a   Carvalho, Mario J ^a   Costa, Ovídio ^a   De Freitas, A Falcão ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Centro de Medicina Desportiva do Norte   (Portugal)

Author keywords

autonomic nervous system; circadian rhythm; heart rate variability; shift workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; WORKER;

EID: 0031017186     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0736(97)80033-7     Document Type: Article

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