Sleep, sleepiness and health complaints in police officers: The effects of a flexible shift system

Industrial Health

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 279-288

  Eriksen, Claire Anne ^a   Kecklund, Göran ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Night work; Police officers; Self determined work hours; Shift work; Sleep; Sleepiness; Subjective health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; POLICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOMNOLENCE; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 34249092686     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.45.279     Document Type: Article

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