Sleeping under the Ocean: Despite Total Isolation, Nuclear Submariners Maintain Their Sleep and Wake Patterns throughout Their Under Sea Mission

Marion Trousselard; Damien Leger; Pascal van Beers; Olivier Coste; Arnaud Vicard; Julien Pontis; Sylvain-Nicolas Crosnier; Mounir Chennaoui

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0126721

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Sleeping under the Ocean: Despite Total Isolation, Nuclear Submariners Maintain Their Sleep and Wake Patterns throughout Their Under Sea Mission

Marion Trousselard,

Affiliation Institut de recherche biomédicale des armées (IRBA), Unité Stress, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France
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Damien Leger ,

* E-mail: damien.leger@htd.aphp.fr

Affiliations Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, APHP, Hôtel-Dieu, Centre du sommeil et de la vigilance, Paris, France, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Equipe d'accueil VIgilance FAtigue SOMmeil (VIFASOM) et santé publique EA 7330, Paris, France
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Pascal van Beers,

Affiliations Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Equipe d'accueil VIgilance FAtigue SOMmeil (VIFASOM) et santé publique EA 7330, Paris, France, Institut de recherche biomédicale des armées (IRBA), Unité Fatigue et Vigilance, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France
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Olivier Coste,

Affiliation HIA Desgenettes, Unité sommeil, Lyon, France
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Arnaud Vicard,

Affiliation Escadrille des Sous marins lanceurs d’engins (SNLE), Service médical de l’ESNLE, Brest, France
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Julien Pontis,

Affiliation Escadrille des Sous marins lanceurs d’engins (SNLE), Service médical de l’ESNLE, Brest, France
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Sylvain-Nicolas Crosnier,

Affiliation Escadrille des Sous marins lanceurs d’engins (SNLE), Service médical de l’ESNLE, Brest, France
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Mounir Chennaoui

Affiliations Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Equipe d'accueil VIgilance FAtigue SOMmeil (VIFASOM) et santé publique EA 7330, Paris, France, Institut de recherche biomédicale des armées (IRBA), Unité Fatigue et Vigilance, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France
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Sleeping under the Ocean: Despite Total Isolation, Nuclear Submariners Maintain Their Sleep and Wake Patterns throughout Their Under Sea Mission

Marion Trousselard,
Damien Leger,
Pascal van Beers,
Olivier Coste,
Arnaud Vicard,
Julien Pontis,
Sylvain-Nicolas Crosnier,
Mounir Chennaoui

Published: May 27, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126721

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