Intermittent bright light and exercise to entrain human circadian rhythms to night work

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 6 46-6, 1999, Pages

  Baehr, Erin K ^a   Fogg, Louis F ^a   Eastman, Charmane I ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Shift work; Sleep; Work schedule tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 0033397020     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.277.6.r1598     Document Type: Article

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