Effect of shift working on reaction time in hospital employees

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-293

  Namita, ^a   Ranjan, Din Prakash ^a   Shenvi, Dhangauri N ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Shift working visual reaction time auditory reaction time hospital employees

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 78149429777     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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