Sleep during basic combat training: A qualitative study

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 823-828

  Crowley, Shannon K ^a,b   Wilkinson, Larrell L ^a   Burroughs, Ericka L ^a   Muraca, Stephanie T ^c   Wigfall, Lisa T ^a   Louis Nance, Tasha ^a   Williams, Edith M ^a   Glover, Saundra H ^a   Youngstedt, Shawn D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WJB Dorn VA Medical Center   (United States)

^c Human Dimensions Division/Initial Military Training Center of Excellence   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGER; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NOISE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOLDIER; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; WORK;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGER; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NOISE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867065833     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00022     Document Type: Article

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