Night shift: Can a homeopathic remedy alleviate shift lag?

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 130-136

  La Pine, Mary P ^a,d   Malcomson, Fay N ^a,b   Torrance, John M ^b   Marsh, Nigel V ^c  

^a New Zealand Nurses Organisation Critical Care Section   (New Zealand)

^b Waikato Intensive Care Unit   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Intensive care unit; Night shift; No Shift Lag

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP DISORDER; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; CHRONOBIOLOGY DISORDERS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGHT CARE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 33746074866     PISSN: 07304625     EISSN: 15388646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003465-200605000-00015     Document Type: Article

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