Shift work-related problems in 16-h night shift nurses (2): Effects on subjective symptoms, physical activity, heart rate, and sleep

Industrial Health

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 228-236

  Takahashi, Masaya ^a   Fukuda, Hideki ^a   Miki, Keiichi ^a   Haratani, Takashi ^a   Kurabayashi, Lumie ^a   Hisanaga, Naomi ^a   Arito, Heihachiro ^a   Takahashi, Hideko ^b   Egoshi, Makiko ^b   Sakurai, Misuzu ^b  

^a NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

16 h shift; Fatigue; Nurse; Shift work; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; NIGHT WORK; NURSE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0032916971     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.37.228     Document Type: Article

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