The nighttime nap strategies for improving night shift work in workplace

Industrial Health

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 24-29

  Takeyama, Hidemaro ^a   Kubo, Tomohide ^a   Itani, Toru ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health; Napping strategy; Nighttime nap; Participatory activity; Safety; Shift work

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; NIGHT WORK; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP TIME; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; REST; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; TIME; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 13844308951     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.43.24     Document Type: Review

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