Heart rate variability changes in physicians working on night call

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 293-301

  Malmberg, Birgitta ^a   Persson, Roger ^b   Flisberg, Per ^a   Ørbaek, Palle ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anaesthesiologist; Biomarker; Cardiovascular; Occupation; Shift work; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 79955952151     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-010-0593-4     Document Type: Article

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