Jet Lag

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 362, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 440-447

  Sack, Robert L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMODAFINIL; CAFFEINE; ESZOPICLONE; MELATONIN; ZALEPLON; ZOLPIDEM; ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSOMNIA; JET LAG; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NAUSEA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TRAVEL; VOMITING; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; JET LAG SYNDROME; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 76149092535     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp0909838     Document Type: Article

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