Efficacy of bright light and sleep/darkness scheduling in alleviating circadian maladaptation to night work

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 281, Issue 2 44-2, 2001, Pages

  Horowitz, Todd S ^a,b,c   Cade, Brian E ^a   Wolfe, Jeremy M ^b,c   Czeisler, Charles A ^a,b,c  

^a Division of Sleep Medicine   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Phototherapy; Shift work; Wakefulness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; MALE; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN;

EID: 0034880262     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.2001.281.2.e384     Document Type: Article

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