Twenty-four-hour light exposure and melatonin levels among shift workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1268-1275

  Borugian, Marilyn J ^a   Gallagher, Richard P ^a   Friesen, Melissa C ^a   Switzer, Teresa F ^a   Aronson, Kristan J ^b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP;

EID: 29144511138     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000184855.87223.77     Document Type: Article

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