The use of a light visor during night work by nurses

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-25

  Costa, G ^c,d   Kovacic, M ^c   Bertoldi, A ^c   Minors, D ^a   Waterhouse, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

bright light; light visor; melatonin; night work; nurses; oral temperature

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWSINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MOOD; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0030935203     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/brhm.28.1.16.12984     Document Type: Conference Paper

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