Comparing performance on a simulated 12 hour shift rotation in young and older subjects

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 58-62

  Reid, K ^a,b   Dawson, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

12 hour shifts; Age; Circadian rhythms; Night work; Performance; Sleep reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER; SIMULATION; SLEEP DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0035136486     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.58.1.58     Document Type: Article

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