Light and magnetic fields in a neonatal intensive care unit

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 396-405

  Bullough, John ^a   Rea, Mark S ^a   Stevens, Richard G ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Melatonin suppression; Occupational exposure; Premature infants

Indexed keywords

HORMONES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIGHTING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NURSING;

BREAST CANCER; HEALTH CARE WORKERS; LIGHT FIELDS; LONG-TERM RISKS; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MELATONIN SUPPRESSION; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREMATURE INFANTS; WORK ENVIRONMENTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INCUBATOR; LIGHT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; PREMATURITY; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SECRETION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKPLACE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCUBATORS, INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LIGHT; MELATONIN; NEONATAL NURSING; PINEAL GLAND; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0030330124     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1996)17:5<396::AID-BEM7>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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