Fatigue in pilots of remotely piloted aircraft before and after shift work adjustment

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 5 PART 1, 2009, Pages 454-461

  Tvaryanas, Anthony P ^a   MacPherson, Glen D ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Circadian periodicity; Human factors; Pilots; Sensor operators; Shift work and shift rotations; Sleep; Unmanned aircraft systems

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; FATIGUE; HUMAN; JOB ADAPTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP PATTERN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ROBOTICS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 67049158698     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2455.2009     Document Type: Article

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