Practical interventions to promote circadian adaptation to permanent night shift work: Study 4

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-172

  Smith, Mark R ^a   Fogg, Louis F ^a   Eastman, Charmane I ^a,b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Biological Rhythms Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Bright light; Circadian rhythms; Human; Melatonin; Performance; Shift work; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; SLEEP; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 64149116054     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730409332068     Document Type: Article

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