Bright light exposure at night and light attenuation in the morning improve adaptation of night shift workers

Sleep

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 351-356

  Yoon, In Young ^a   Jeong, Do Un ^a   Kwon, Ki Bum ^a   Kang, Sang Bum ^a   Song, Byoung Gun ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alertness; Bright light; Night shift worker; Sleep; Sunglasses

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADAPTATION; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; PHOTOTHERAPY; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM;

EID: 0036571417     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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