The effect of bright light on sleepiness among rapid-rotating 12-hour shift workers

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-79

  Sadeghniiat Haghighi, Khosro ^a   Yazdi, Zohreh ^b   Jahanihashemi, Hassan ^b   Aminian, Omid ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Night work; Shift work

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIGHT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SLEEP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERAMIC INDUSTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT WORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHIFT WORKER; SOMNOLENCE; STANFORD SLEEPINESS SCALE; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 79955961555     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3086     Document Type: Article

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