Exposure to light in healthy elderly subjects and alzheimer's patients

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 141-144

  Campbell, Scott S ^a   Kripke, Daniel F ^a   Gillin, J Christian ^a   Hrubovcak, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Circadian rhythms; Light exposure; Sleep disorders; Sleep waking

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023931519     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(88)90289-2     Document Type: Article

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