Work patterns and fatigue-related risk among junior doctors

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 733-738

  Gander, Philippa ^a   Purnell, Heather ^b   Garden, Alexander ^a   Woodward, Alistair ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRIVING ABILITY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; NEW ZEALAND; NIGHT WORK; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMNOLENCE; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME; CAR DRIVING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORKLOAD;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 35548986291     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.030916     Document Type: Article

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