Effects of quick rotating shift schedules on the health and adjustment of air traffic controllers

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 400-407

  Cruz, Crystal ^a,b   Della Rocco, Pamela ^a   Hackworth, Carla ^a  

^a CIVIL AEROSPACE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Human Factors Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Air traffic controllers; Health; Rotating shift schedules; Shiftwork

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; EXHAUSTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT WORK; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; AVIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM;

EID: 0034111296     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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