Light exposure in the natural environment: Relevance to mood and sleep disorders

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 557-565

  Dumont, Marie ^a,b   Beaulieu, Catherine ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Light exposure; Mood disorders; Night work; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LONG TERM CARE; MOOD DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLEEP DISORDER; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 34547518572     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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