Sleep disturbances are related to decreased transmission of blue light to the retina caused by lens yellowing

Sleep

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1215-1219

  Kessel, Line ^a   Siganos, Galatios ^a   Jørgensen, Torben ^a,b   Larsen, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cataract; Circadian rhythm; Melanopsin; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LENS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA; RISK FACTORS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 80052640754     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/SLEEP.1242     Document Type: Article

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