Sleepless night, the moon is bright: Longitudinal study of lunar phase and sleep

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-153

  Röösli, Martin ^a,c   Jüni, Peter ^a   Braun Fahrländer, Charlotte ^b   Brinkhof, Martin W G ^a   Low, Nicola ^a   Egger, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Circalunar; Meteorology; Moon; Sleep duration; Sleep pattern

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DATA ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGY; MOON; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOON; PREVALENCE; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646819017     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2006.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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