Emergency Department Provider Fatigue and Shift Concerns

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 248-254

  Joffe, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

fatigue reduction; pediatric emergency medicine; sleep physiology

Indexed keywords

MODAFINIL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DISORDER; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME;

EID: 33845220576     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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