Safety considerations for the use of blue-light blocking glasses in shift-workers

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 210-211

  Lockley, Steven W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ALERTNESS; BLUE LIGHT; CAR DRIVING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATIGUE; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LETTER; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; SAFETY; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE; SPECTACLES; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISION; WAKEFULNESS;

EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; LIGHT; LIGHTING; SAFETY; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 33846897242     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2006.00402.x     Document Type: Letter

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