Sleep difficulties in night work: A problem for the offshore industry?;Er søvnvansker ved nattarbeid et problem for offshoreindustrien?

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 124, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 2770-2772

  Pallesen, Ståle ^a,b   Holsten, Fred ^a,b,c   Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette ^d   Bjorvatn, Bjørn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Nasl Kompetansesenter Sovnsykdommer ^*  (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PETROLEUM;

ADAPTATION; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGHT WORK; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; PHOTOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DISORDER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; NORTH SEA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PETROLEUM; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 14644412913     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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