Differential 24-hour variation of alertness and subjective tension in process controllers: Investigation of the relationship with body temperature and heart rate

Chronobiology International

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 597-609

  Cariou, Magali ^a   Galy, Edith ^a   Mélan, Claudine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Alertness; Psycho physiological measures; Shift work; Subjective measures; Time on shift

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOUTH TEMPERATURE; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PROCESS CONTROLLER; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SHIFT WORKER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TENSION;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP; TIME; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 47249101519     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07420520802261838     Document Type: Article

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