MidnightSun: Software for determining light exposure and phase-shifting schedules during global travel

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 561-568

  Houpt, Thomas ^a,b,c   Boulos, Ziad ^b   Moore Ede, Martin C ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Institute for Circadian Physiology   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Daylight; Jet lag; Phase response curve; Solar radiation; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; JET LAG; LIGHT EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUNLIGHT; TRAVEL;

EID: 0029917222     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02111-6     Document Type: Article

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