Conflicting Bright Light Exposure during Night Shifts Impedes Circadian Adaptation

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-15

  Mitchell, Paula J ^a,b   Hoese, Erin K ^b   Liu, Liwen ^b   Fogg, Louis F ^b   Eastman, Charmane I ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Bright light; Circadian rhythms; Human; Morningness eveningness; Phase shifts; Phase response curve; Shift work

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; SLEEP; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0031068894     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873049701200103     Document Type: Article

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