The dim light melatonin onset following fixed and free sleep schedules

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 229-237

  Burgess, Helen J ^a   Eastman, Charmane I ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedtime; Circadian rhythms; Dim light melatonin onset; Melatonin; Sleep; Wake

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SLEEP; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 24744459837     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2005.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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