Office workers daily exposure to light and its influence on sleep quality and mood

Lighting Research and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-50

  Hubalek, S ^a   Brink, M ^a   Schierz, C ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OFFICE BUILDINGS; SLEEP RESEARCH;

LIGHT EXPOSURE; OFFICE WORKERS; SLEEP QUALITY; SPECTRAL COMPONENTS; TIME TABLES; TWO PARAMETER; VISIBLE LIGHT;

LIGHT;

EID: 77949390997     PISSN: 14771535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477153509355632     Document Type: Article

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