Exploratory Study of Heart Rate Variability and Sleep among Emergency Medical Services Shift Workers

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 18-23

  Neufeld, Eric V ^a   Carney, John J ^a   Dolezal, Brett A ^a   Boland, David M ^a   Cooper, Christopher B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

EMT; heart rate variability; sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM;

EID: 84980325717     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2016.1194928     Document Type: Article

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