Circadian adjustment of men and women to night work

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-138

  Hakola, Tarja ^a   Härmä, Mikko I ^a   Laitinen, Jarmo T ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Laboratory study; Rectal temperature; Salivary cortisol; Salivary melatonin; Sex difference; Sleep; Subjective sleepiness

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0029937605     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.121     Document Type: Article

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