Sleeping and working hours of residents at a National University Hhospital in Japan

Industrial Health

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 594-600

  Taoda, Kazushi ^a   Nakamura, Kenji ^b   Kitahara, Teruyo ^a   Nishiyama, Katsuo ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Osaka Institute of Social Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Doze; Fatigue; Medical safety; Residents; Sleeping hours; Working hours

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FATIGUE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; RESIDENT; SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; STANDARDIZATION; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORK CAPACITY; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 57849163169     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.46.594     Document Type: Article

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