Sleep disorders and daytime sleepiness in state police shiftworkers

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-173

  Garbarino, Sergio ^a,b   Cordelli, Alessandro ^a   Beelke, Manolo ^b   Nobili, Lino ^b   Ferrillo, Franco ^b   Balestra, Vincenzo ^b  

^a Department of the Interior   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age; Insomnia; Police; Seniority; Shiftwork; Sleep quality; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; ZALEPLON; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POLICE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP INDUCTION; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOMNOLENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 18744363325     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890209602932     Document Type: Article

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