Work hours and sleep/wake behavior of Australian hospital doctors

Chronobiology International

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 997-1012

  Ferguson, Sally A ^a   Thomas, Matthew J W ^a   Dorrian, Jillian ^a   Jay, Sarah M ^b   Weissenfeld, Adrian ^a   Dawson, Drew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Doctors; Fatigue; Hospitals; On call work; Sleep; Work hours

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SLEEP; WORK; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICIANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLEEP; WORK; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 77954850136     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2010.489439     Document Type: Article

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