Perspectives for the design of night work with light and melatonin;Perspektiven zur gestaltung von nachtarbeit durch licht und melatonin

Arbeitsmedizin Sozialmedizin Umweltmedizin

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 617-621

  Griefahn, Barbara ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Light; Melatonin; Night work; Phase shifts

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADAPTATION; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; LIGHT; NIGHT WORK; REVIEW; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0346750909     PISSN: 09446052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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