The impact of various work schedules on sleep complaints and minor accidents during work or leisure time: Evidence from a national survey

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 325-330

  Chiu, Hsiao Yean ^a   Tsai, Pei Shan ^a,b,c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; EXCESSIVE DAYTIME SLEEPINESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PREVALENCE; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; SYMPTOM; WORK SCHEDULE;

ACCIDENTS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TAIWAN; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84875230779     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31827cba69     Document Type: Article

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