Shift work and cognition in the nurses' health study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1296-1300

  Devore, Elizabeth E ^a   Grodstein, Francine ^a   Schernhammer, Eva S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

circadian rhythm; cognition; nurses; shift work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COGNITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE NETWORK; WOMENS HEALTH; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SHIFT WORKER; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW OF COGNITIVE STATUS;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; NURSES; SHIFT WORK;

ADULT; AGING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84885753772     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt214     Document Type: Article

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