Sleep during the Antarctic winter: Preliminary observations on changing the spectral composition of artificial light

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 354-360

  Francis, Gavin ^b   Bishop, Lyndsey ^b   Luke, Claire ^a   Middleton, Benita ^a   Williams, Peter ^a   Arendt, Josephine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Light; Sleep; Sleep timing

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; WHITE LIGHT; WINTER;

ADULT; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLD CLIMATE; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; MELATONIN; SEASONS; SLEEP;

EID: 50049113008     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2008.00664.x     Document Type: Article

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