Underexposure to light at work and its association to insomnia and sleepiness. A cross-sectional study of 13296 workers of one transportation company

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-36

  Leger, Damien ^a   Bayon, Virginie ^a   Elbaz, Maxime ^a   Philip, Pierre ^b   Choudat, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Insomnia; Light; Non shift work; Nonrestorative sleep; Shift work; Sleepiness; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; INSOMNIA; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME; SOMNOLENCE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 78650576937     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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