Sleep debt and outside employment patterns in helicopter air medical staff working 24-hour shifts

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-49

  Frakes, Michael A ^a,b   Kelly, John G ^a,c  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Boston MedFlight   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

AIR AMBULANCES; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 33845949612     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: 15326497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amj.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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