The treatment of sleep onset insomnia with bright morning light

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 173-179

  Lack, Leon ^a   Wright, Helen ^a   Paynter, Damien ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bright light therapy; Circadian rhythms; Insomnia

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE;

ADULT; ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP INDUCTION; SLEEP TIME; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 34547121955     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2007.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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