Transition into daylight saving time influences the fragmentation of the rest-activity cycle

Journal of Circadian Rhythms

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lahti, Tuuli A ^a   Leppämäki, Sami ^a,b   Ojanen, Sanna Maria ^a   Haukka, Jari ^a   Tuulio Henriksson, Annamari ^a   Lönnqvist, Jouko ^a,c   Partonen, Timo ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIODICITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SLEEP TIME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER;

EID: 33644601861     PISSN: 17403391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1740-3391-4-1     Document Type: Article

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