Restless Legs Syndrome in shift workers: A cross sectional study on male assembly workers

Journal of Circadian Rhythms

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 12-

  Sharifian, Akbar ^a   Firoozeh, Marjan ^a   Pouryaghoub, Gholamreza ^a   Shahryari, Mehran ^a   Rahimi, Mohsen ^b   Hesamian, Mohammad ^b   Fardi, Ali ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HSE Department   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NIGHT WORK; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 71049151917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17403391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1740-3391-7-12     Document Type: Article

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