Chronobiologic perspectives of black time - Accident risk is greatest at night: An opinion paper

Chronobiology International

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1005-1018

  Reinberg, Alain ^a   Smolensky, Michael H ^b   Riedel, Marc ^a,c,d   Touitou, Yvan ^a   Floc'h, Nadine Le ^d   Clarisse, René ^d   Marlot, Michel ^c   Berrez, Stéphane ^c   Pelisse, Didier ^c   Mauvieux, Benôt ^a,c,e  

^a FONDATION OPHTALMOLOGIQUE ADOLPHE DE ROTHSCHILD   (France)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c SDIS71 Service Départemental d'Incendie et de Secours de Saône et Loire   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Accidents; circadian desynchronization; circadian rhythms; cognitive performance; firefighters; rhythm masking; sleep propensity; work related injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; DARK ADAPTATION; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PERIODICITY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORK; WORK SCHEDULE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACTIVITY CYCLES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; DARK ADAPTATION; FIREFIGHTERS; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHOTOPERIOD; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939628748     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2015.1053911     Document Type: Review

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