title: Sleep, immunity and shift workers: A review.
abstract: To date, shift workers represent between 15% and 25% of the modern day workforce. Work time poses a great challenge to workers as it requires that they balance productivity and sleep time between shifts. As a result, these workers experience chronic sleep deprivation with increased fatigue and drowsiness due to this sleep deprivation. The impact of this kind of work on the immune system is not yet known. We conducted a literature review with the aim of evaluating articles on this specific type of work's effects on sleep and immunity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology of the State University of Amazonas-UEA.
authors.forename: Carlos Mauricio Oliveira de
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunolgy of the Federal University of Amazonas-UFAM, Brazil; Hematology and Hemotherapy Foundation of Amazonas, HEMOAM, Brazil.
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malheiro
keywords: Immunity; Shift work; Sleep