Performance impairment during four days partial sleep deprivation compared with the acute effects of alcohol and hypoxia

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-197

  Elmenhorst, David ^a   Elmenhorst, Eva Maria ^a   Luks, Norbert ^a   Maass, Hartmut ^a   Mueller, Ernst Wilhelm ^a   Vejvoda, Martin ^a   Wenzel, Juergen ^a   Samel, Alexander ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Hypoxia; Partial sleep deprivation; Performance; Reaction time; Unstable tracking

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANOXIA; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60849127910     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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