Observations of age-related differences in neurobehavioral performance in a 12-hour shift system

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-174

  Kandelaars, Katie J ^a   Baulk, Stuart D ^a   Fletcher, Adam ^a,b   Eitzen, Guy ^c   Roach, Gregory D ^a   Dawson, Drew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Fatigue; Performance; Reaction time; Shiftwork

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 33845393718     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2006.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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