Sleep disorders, health, and safety in police officers

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 2567-2578

  Rajaratnam, Shantha M W ^a,c,e   Barger, Laura K ^a,c   Lockley, Steven W ^a,c   Shea, Steven A ^a,c,d   Wang, Wei ^a,c   Landrigan, Christopher P ^a,b,c   O'Brien, Conor S ^a   Qadri, Salim ^a   Sullivan, Jason P ^a   Cade, Brian E ^a   Epstein, Lawrence J ^a,c,d   White, David P ^a,c,d   Czeisler, Charles A ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Sleep HealthCenters   (United States)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ANGER; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATAPLEXY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; NIGHT WORK; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POLICE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SELF REPORT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84255168470     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1851     Document Type: Article

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