Seasonal and diurnal patterns of human illumination under natural conditions

Chronobiology International

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-70

  Hébert, Marc ^a,b   Dumont, Marie ^a,b   Paquet, Jean ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diurnal variations; Human; Light; Light exposure; Light intensity; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; VOLUNTEER; WINTER;

EID: 0031886373     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420529808998670     Document Type: Article

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