Sleep in a live-in mining operation: The influence of start times and restricted non-work activities

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-75

  Ferguson, Sally A ^a   Baker, Angela A ^a   Lamond, Nicole ^a   Kennaway, David J ^b   Dawson, Drew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Mining; Shiftwork; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MINING; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ACTIVITY MONITORS; MINING ENVIRONMENTS; MINING OPERATIONS; MINING OPERATORS; NON-WORK ACTIVITIES; SHIFTWORK; SLEEP; SOCIAL ACTIVITIES;

SLEEP RESEARCH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; MALE; MINER; MINING; NORMAL HUMAN; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77957297554     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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