Detrimental effects of variable work shifts on quality of sleep, general health and work performance

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 453-457

  Fido, Abdullahi ^a   Ghali, Adel ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT OIL COMPANY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Insomnia, general health; Variable shift work; Work performance

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; WORK SCHEDULE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; FATIGUE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 53549135482     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000151566     Document Type: Article

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