Returning from night shift to day life: Beneficial effects of light on sleep

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 212-221

  Thorne, Helen C ^a   Hampton, Shelagh M ^a   Morgan, Linda M ^a   Skene, Debra J ^a   Arendt, Josephine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Light; Melatonin; Shift work; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIGHT ADAPTATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; SPECTACLES; WORK SCHEDULE; ADAPTATION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DAY LIFE; HORNE OSTBERG QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP EFFICIENCY; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; URINALYSIS; WORKING TIME;

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EID: 77955158998     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2010.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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