Effects of nighttime low frequency noise on the cortisol response to awakening and subjective sleep quality

Life Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 863-875

  Waye, Kerstin Persson ^a   Clow, Angela ^b   Edwards, Sue ^b   Hucklebridge, Frank ^b   Rylander, Ragnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortisol awakening response; Low frequency noise; Sleep; Traffic noise

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MALE; MOOD; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA; SLEEP; TRAFFIC NOISE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AFFECT; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 4444319429     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(02)02336-6     Document Type: Article

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