Air traffic controller shiftwork: What are the implications for aviation safety? A review

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-79

  Luna, Thomas D ^a  

^a Brooks AFB ^*  (United States)

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ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; PREVENTION; REVIEW; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

AVIATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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