Sleep deprivation in junior doctors - House officers in Singapore

Industrial Health

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 129-132

  Puvanendran, K ^b   Venkatramani, Jayant ^a,b   Jain, Amit ^a,b   Farid, Mohamad ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

House officers; Mood; Singapore; Sleep deprivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MOOD; NIGHT WORK; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SINGAPORE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP PATTERN; SOMNOLENCE;

ADULT; DYSSOMNIAS; FEMALE; HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NIGHT CARE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE; SLEEP; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 13844308676     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.43.129     Document Type: Article

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