Sleep, performance and the European Working Time Directive

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 95-96

  Douglas, Neil J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; BRIGHTNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; EUROPE; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICINE; PEPTIC ULCER; PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STUDENT; SURGEON; WORKING TIME;

EID: 17844402273     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.5-2-95     Document Type: Editorial

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