Shiftwork impacts and adaptation among health care workers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 159-166

  Burch, James B ^a,b   Tom, Jasmine ^c   Zhai, Yusheng ^a   Criswell, Lela ^c   Leo, Edward ^c   Ogoussan, Kisito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Medical care; Nursing; Shiftwork

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB ADAPTATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SOUTH CAROLINA; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 65549111423     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqp015     Document Type: Article

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