Sleepiness in various shift combinations of irregular shift systems

Industrial Health

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 114-122

  Sallinen, Mikael ^a   Härmä, Mikko ^a   Mutanen, Pertti ^a   Ranta, Riikka ^a   Virkkala, Jussi ^a   Müller, Kiti ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Railway Traffic controllers; Shift work; Sleep; Sleepiness; Train drivers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRIVER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NIGHT WORK; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SHIFT WORKER; SOMNOLENCE; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RAILROADS; RISK; SAFETY; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; TIME; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 13844314828     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.43.114     Document Type: Article

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