Management of shift work sleep disorder: Alice in Wonderland Redux?

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1010-1012

  Sherman, Bruce W ^a   Strohl, Kingman P ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CAFFEINE; ESZOPICLONE; INDIPLON; MODAFINIL; ZALEPLON;

ALERTNESS; BREAST CANCER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DRUG TOLERANCE; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART DISEASE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; JOB PERFORMANCE; LIFESTYLE; MOOD DISORDER; NARCOLEPSY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOMNOLENCE; TREMOR; WAKEFULNESS; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 5444238900     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000141654.55478.61     Document Type: Editorial

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