Phase-shifting human circadian rhythms: Influence of sleep timing, social contact and light exposure

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 495, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 289-297

  Duffy, Jeanne F ^a,b   Kronauer, Richard E ^a,c   Czeisler, Charles A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029802108     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021593     Document Type: Article

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