Clockwise and counterclockwise rotating shifts: Effects on sleep duration, timing, and quality

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 597-605

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

^a CIVIL AEROSPACE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Night shift; Shiftwork; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOOD; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; SENSOR; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOMNOLENCE; WORK SCHEDULE; AVIATION; SLEEP;

AVIATION; HUMANS; SLEEP; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0038444242     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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