Shift work: Coping with the biological clock

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-20

  Arendt, Josephine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body clock; Cancer; Circadian rhythm; Heart disease; Light; Melatonin; Metabolism; Shift work

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; LIGHT; MELATONIN; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77949987573     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqp162     Document Type: Review

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