Clockwise and counterclockwise rotating shifts: Effects on vigilance and performance

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 606-614

  Cruz, Crystal ^a   Boquet, Albert ^b   Detwiler, Cristy ^b   Nesthus, Thomas ^b  

^a CIVIL AEROSPACE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Complex task performance; Night shift; Rapid rotation; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SHIFT WORKER; TASK PERFORMANCE; AVIATION; ROTATION; WORK SCHEDULE;

AVIATION; HUMANS; ROTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0037767432     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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