Full-spectrum fluorescent lighting: A review of its effects on physiology and health

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 949-964

  McColl, Shelley L ^a,b   Veitch, Jennifer A ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN ABSORPTION; SUNLIGHT;

AROUSAL; BRAIN; CALCIUM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SKIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VITAMIN D;

EID: 0034909221     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291701004251     Document Type: Review

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