Associations of excessive sleepiness on duty with sleeping hours and number of days of overnight work among medical residents in Japan

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 523-527

  Wada, Koji ^a,b   Sakata, Yumi ^a   Theriault, Gilles ^b   Narai, Rie ^c   Yoshino, Yae ^a   Tanaka, Katsutoshi ^a   Aizawa, Yoshiharu ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Excessive sleepiness; Medical residents; Overnight; Sleeping

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE; TIME; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JAPAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 37549034215     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.49.523     Document Type: Article

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