Timed bright-light exposure and complaints related to shift work among women

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-26

  Leppämäki, Sami ^a   Partonen, Timo ^b   Piiroinen, Paulina ^b   Haukka, Jari ^a   Lönnqvist, Jouko ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Circadian phase; Phototherapy; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MOOD; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF EVALUATION; SHIFT WORKER; SUMMER; SYMPTOM; VOLUNTEER; WELLBEING; WINTER; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 0345505697     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.700     Document Type: Article

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