Wearing blue-blockers in the morning could improve sleep of workers on a permanent night schedule: A pilot study

Chronobiology International

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 913-925

  Sasseville, Alexandre ^a   Benhaberou Brun, Dalila ^b   Fontaine, Charlotte ^a   Charon, Marie Claude ^a   Hébert, Marc ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blue blockers; Light wavelength; Shiftwork; Sleep; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BLUE LIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP; SUMMER; SUNLIGHT; WINTER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOPERIOD; PILOT PROJECTS; SEASONS; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 68649087866     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07420520903044398     Document Type: Article

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