Is bright light exposure an effective therapy for insomnia?

Sleep

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 540-541

  Bootzin, Richard R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; CORE TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NOTE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; WAKEFULNESS;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; PHOTOTHERAPY; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 18744381840     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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