Rapid counterclockwise shift rotation in air traffic control: Effects on sleep and night work

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 878-885

  Signal, T Leigh ^a,b   Gander, Philippa H ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Aviation; Circadian rhythms; Field research; Psychomotor performance; Shiftwork

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; NIGHT WORK; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; AVIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 34548434647     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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