The Effect of Bright/Dim Light Exposure during the Daytime on Rectal Temperature and Plasma Glucose Concentration in Healthy Women

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 413-422

  Sato, Maki ^a,b   Torlińska, Teresa ^a,c   Tokura, Hiromi ^a,d,e  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^e NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bright dim light; Plasma glucose; Rectal temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BODY TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT INTENSITY; NORMAL HUMAN; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 12144287391     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/brhm.34.5.413.27849     Document Type: Article

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