Sleep and sleepiness: Impact of entering or leaving shiftwork - A prospective study

Chronobiology International

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 987-996

  Åkerstedt, Torbjörn ^a,b   Nordin, Maria ^a,c   Alfredsson, Lars ^b   Westerholm, Peter ^d   Kecklund, Göran ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Insomnia; Night shift; Shiftwork; Sleep; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORK; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; SLEEP STAGES; WORK; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77954858918     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2010.489423     Document Type: Article

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