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The central theme of much research on shift work is that a phase shift of the activity pattern forces the individual to adapt his whole physiological and psychological system to this change. The lack of success of this short run change/adaptation and the long run cost of repeated adaptation may cause many of the symptoms of which shift workers complain.
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Åkerstedt, T., Fröberg, J.E. (1975). Work hours and 24h temporal patterns in sympathetic-adrenal medullary activity and self-rated activation. In: Experimental Studies of Shiftwork. Forschungsberichte Des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-20361-2_9
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