The impact of extended leave on sleep and alertness in the Australian rail industry

Industrial Health

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-113

  Kandelaars, Katie J ^a   Lamond, Nicole ^a   Roach, Gregory D ^a   Dawson, Drew ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alertness; Break length; Rail; Shiftwork; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; REST; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; WORK RESUMPTION; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUSTRALIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RAILROADS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; TIME; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 13844313410     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.43.105     Document Type: Article

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