Indirect blue light does not suppress nocturnal salivary melatonin in humans in an automobile setting

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-146

  Lerchl, Alexander ^a   Schindler, Carina ^b   Eichhorn, Karsten ^b   Kley, Franziska ^b   Erren, Thomas C ^c  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b HELLA KGAA HUECK AND CO   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automobile; Light; Light at night; Melatonin; Shift work

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN; MELATONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SALIVA LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; MELATONIN; SALIVARY GLANDS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 68249099022     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2009.00691.x     Document Type: Article

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