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What happens to the body when one works at night?

2004; Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; Volume: 20; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0102-311x2004000600034

ISSN

1678-4464

Autores

Cláudia Roberta de Castro Moreno, Fernando Mazzilli Louzada,

Tópico(s)

Sleep and related disorders

Resumo

The objective of this paper is to present some recent chronobiological findings related to shift and night worker adaptation. First, some key chronobiological concepts concerning the human species are presented. The authors then discuss the possible impacts of work schedules on shift workers' and night workers' health. Finally, countermeasures that might allow adjusting the workers' biological rhythm to shift and night work are discussed.

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