The social and economic burden of shift-work disorder

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Culpepper, Larry ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ACCIDENT; ALERTNESS; ANXIETY DISORDER; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; COGNITION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRIVING ABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; EXCESSIVENESS SLEEPINESS; FAMILY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; INSOMNIA; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LEARNING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MOOD DISORDER; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRODUCTIVITY; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECREATION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SHIFT WORK DISORDER; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL LIFE; STRESS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 75149144558     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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