Shiftworkers report worse sleep than day workers, even in retirement

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 201-208

  Monk, Timothy H ^a   Buysse, Daniel J ^a   Billy, Bart D ^a   Fletcher, Mary E ^a   Kennedy, Kathy S ^a   Begley, Amy E ^a   Schlarb, Janet E ^b   Beach, Scott R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Human; Night shiftwork; Old; Shiftwork; Sleep

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; RETIREMENT; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84880153377     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12003     Document Type: Article

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