How to use light and dark to produce circadian adaptation to night shift work

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 87-98

  Eastman, Charmane I ^a   Martin, Stacia K ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Circadian rhythm; Human; Light; Physiological adaptation; Sleep; Work schedule tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; HUMAN; LIGHT; NIGHT WORK; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP; WORK;

EID: 0032895666     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853899908998783     Document Type: Review

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