Work hours, sleep patterns and fatigue among merchant marine personnel

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 245-251

  Sanquist, Thomas F ^a   Raby, Mireille ^a   Forsythe, Alice ^a   Carvalhais, Antonio B ^b  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b U S COAST GUARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Alertness; Sleep disruption; Watchstanding; Work rest schedules

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAILOR; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 0031465449     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.1997.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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