The impact of sleep complaints on physical health and immune outcomes in rescue workers: A 1-year prospective study

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 196-201

  Irish, Leah A ^a   Dougall, Angela L ^b   Delahanty, Douglas L ^c   Hall, Martica H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

health; natural killer cell; rescue worker; sleep; trauma

Indexed keywords

AGE; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP QUALITY;

EID: 84873997289     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31827d85ab     Document Type: Article

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