Twelve-Hour Night Shifts of Healthcare Workers: A Risk to the Patients?
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Chronobiology International
- Vol. 20 (2) , 351-360
- https://doi.org/10.1081/cbi-120019341
Abstract
We assessed the impact of 12h fixed night shift (19:00–07:00h) work, followed by 36h of off-time, on the sleep–wake cycle, sleep duration, self-perceived sleep quality, and work-time alertness on a...Keywords
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