Circadian determinants of the postlunch dip in performance

Chronobiology International

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-133

  Monk, Timothy H ^a   Buysse, Daniel J ^a   Reynolds III, Charles F ^a   Kupfer, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

circadian rhythms; human; performance; postlunch dip; temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAL; NORMAL HUMAN; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SLEEP; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0029744609     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420529609037076     Document Type: Article

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