Comparison of sleep-related cardiac autonomic function between rotating-shift and permanent night-shift workers

Industrial Health

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 589-596

  Chung, Min Huey ^a,b   Kuo, Terry Bj ^c   Hsu, Nanly ^d   Chuo, Kuei Ru ^a   Chu, Hsin ^e   Yang, Cheryl C H ^c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Night shift; Nurse; Shift work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP STAGE;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 80054731158     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS1259     Document Type: Article

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