Heart rate variability changes in business process outsourcing employees working in shifts

Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 439-446

  Kirthana, Kunikullaya U ^a   Suresh, Kirthi K ^b   Venkatesh, D ^a   Goturu, Jaisri ^a  

^a M S RAMAIAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b MINDTREE LTD   (India)

Author keywords

Autonomic functions; Business process outsourcing; Heart rate variability; Shift work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMPLOYEE; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; NIGHT WORK; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 78649567604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09726292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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