Effects of working permanent night shifts and two shifts on cognitive and psychomotor performance

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-116

  Petru, Raluca ^a   Wittmann, Marc ^a   Nowak, Dennis ^a   Birkholz, Bodo ^b   Angerer, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b AUDI AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alertness; Chronobiological type; Fatigue; Permanent night work; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ACCURACY; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NIGHT WORK; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHIFT WORKER; STRESS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; FATIGUE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SAFETY; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 17544380429     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-004-0585-3     Document Type: Article

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