Job strain, sleep and alertness in shift working health care professionals -A field study

Industrial Health

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 406-416

  Karhula, Kati ^a   Härmä, Mikko ^a   Sallinen, Mikael ^a   Hublin, Christer ^a   Virkkala, Jussi ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^a   Vahtera, Jussi ^b   Puttonen, Sampsa ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Napping; Night shifts; Nursing; Sleep quality; Vigilance; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84883373189     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2013-0015     Document Type: Article

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