Metabolic responses on the early shift

Chronobiology International

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1080-1092

  Padilha, Heloisa Guarita ^a   Crispim, Cibele Aparecida ^a   Zimberg, Ion Zalcman ^a   Folkard, Simon ^b,c   Tufik, Sérgio ^a,d,e   De Mello, Marco Tlio ^a,d,e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Centro de Estudos em Psicobiologia e Exercicio CEPE   (Brazil)

^e Instituto Nacional de Biomarcadores em Neuropsiquiatria   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Food intake; Glucose metabolism; HOMA IR; Insulin resistance; Shiftwork

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; EATING; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; OBESITY; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 77954839488     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2010.489883     Document Type: Article

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