Health problems due to night shift work and jetlag;Gesundheitliche probleme bei nacht- und schichtarbeit sowie beim jetlag

Internist

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1021-1025

  Rudiger H W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Melatonin; Sleep wake cycles; Sleeping disorders; Working time regulation

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ACCIDENT; ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; FERTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; JET LAG; NIGHT WORK; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; WORKING TIME;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CHRONOBIOLOGY DISORDERS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GERMANY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; JET LAG SYNDROME; MELATONIN; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 4644309476     PISSN: 00209554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00108-004-1257-9     Document Type: Review

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