Fatigue and health in a seafaring population

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 198-204

  Wadsworth, Emma J K ^a   Allen, Paul H ^a   McNamara, Rachel L ^a   Smith, Andrew P ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Seafarers; Shipping; Sleep; Tiredness; Work

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SHIP; SLEEP DISORDER; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAVAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SHIPS; SLEEP DISORDERS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 65849167575     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqn008     Document Type: Article

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