Imbalance between the reality of sleep specialists and the demands of society in Japan

Industrial Health

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-52

  Tachibana, Naoko ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Sleep; Sleep apnea syndrome; Sleep disorders center; Sleep medicine; Sleep specialist

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHODOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ASPECT; WORKPLACE;

HUMANS; JAPAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SAFETY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 13844321263     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.43.49     Document Type: Review

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