Fatigue at sea in swedish shipping-a field study

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 733-740

  Lützhöft, Margareta ^a   Dahlgren, Anna ^a   Kircher, Albert ^a   Thorslund, Birgitta ^b   Gillberg, Mats ^c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH NATIONAL ROAD AND TRANSPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Seafarers; Shift work; Sleep

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954282262     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20814     Document Type: Article

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