Side effects of short-term 10,000-lux light therapy

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 293-294

  Kogan, Alan O ^a,b   Guilford, Patricia M ^a  

^a BORGESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Light Therapy Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0031931105     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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