Sleep habits, alertness, cortisol levels, and cardiac autonomic activity in short-distance bus drivers: Differences between morning and afternoon shifts

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 806-811

  Diez, Joaquín J ^a   Vigo, Daniel E ^b,c,e   Lloret, Santiago Pérez ^b,e   Rigters, Stephanie ^f   Role, Noelia ^d   Cardinali, Daniel P ^c,e   Chada, Daniel Pérez ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA   (Argentina)

^d Laboratorio Hidalgo   (Argentina)

^e Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AFTERNOON SHIFT; ALERTNESS; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIATION; DRIVER; EVALUATION RESEARCH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; MALE; MORNING SHIFT; OBESITY; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; SALIVA LEVEL; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP QUALITY; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME;

EID: 79960836836     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318221c6de     Document Type: Article

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