Shiftwork and emergency medical practice

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 421-428

  Frank, Jason R ^a,b   Ovens, Howard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circadian; Emergency medicine; Physician health; Schedules; Shiftwork; Sleep error

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747036721     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500007934     Document Type: Review

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