Is shift work making your patient sick? Emerging theories and therapies for treating shift work disorder

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 106-115

  Rosenberg, Russell ^a   Doghramji, Paul P ^b,c  

^a Atlanta School of Sleep Medicine and Technology   (United States)

^b Collegeville Family Practice ^*  (United States)

^c URSINUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Armodafinil; Circadian rhythm disorder; Modafinil; Shift work disorder

Indexed keywords

ARMODAFINIL; MODAFINIL; PLACEBO; TEMAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM; ZOPICLONE;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF SLEEP DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SHIFT WORK DISORDER; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM;

EID: 80052722945     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: 19419260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2011.09.2465     Document Type: Article

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