The effects of a 30-min nap during night shift following a prophylactic sleep in the afternoon

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-42

  Lovato, Nicole ^a   Lack, Leon ^a   Ferguson, Sally ^b   Tremaine, Rebecca ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alertness; Brief nap; Night shift work; Prophylactic nap; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHT WORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATING SCALE; SHIFT WORKER; SIMULATION; SLEEP TIME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 63049129931     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2009.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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