Does variation in workload affect fatigue in a regular 12-hour shift system?

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-77

  Baulk, Stuart D ^a,b   Kandelaars, Katie J ^a   Lamond, Nicole ^a   Roach, Gregory D ^a   Dawson, Drew ^a   Fletcher, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Shift work; Workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY; SHIFT WORKER; SMELTER; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33846303933     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2006.00249.x     Document Type: Article

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