Noisy and individual, but doable: Shift-work research in humans

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 199, Issue , 2012, Pages 399-411

  Kantermann, Thomas ^a,c   Wehrens, Sophie M T ^a   Ulhôa, Melissa A ^b   Moreno, Claudia ^b   Skene, Debra J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular system; Chronotype; Health; Shift work; Sleep; Social jetlag; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; DRIVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOB STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 84864813035     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59427-3.00022-8     Document Type: Chapter

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