Effects of short duration morning bright light in healthy elderly subjects. I: Subjective feeling and ophthalmological examinations

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 250-251

  Fukuda, Noriko ^a   Kohsaka, Masako ^b   Sasamoto, Yoichi ^c   Koyama, Emi ^d   Kobayashi, Riko ^c   Honma, Hiroshi ^c   Matsubara, Hozumi ^d   Nakano, Toshio ^d   Sakakibara, Satoshi ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Hanazono Hospital   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged; Ophthalmological examinations; Short duration bright light exposure; Subjective feeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE INJURY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0031834102     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1998.tb01058.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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