Application of chronobiology to resident physician work scheduling

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 444-447

  Heins, Alan ^a   Euerle, Brian ^a   Kaji, Amy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; REVIEW; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 0036196811     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2002.122773     Document Type: Article

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