Blue-enriched office light competes with natural light as a zeitgeber

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 437-445

  Vetter, Céline ^a   Juda, Myriam ^a,b   Lang, Dieter ^c   Wojtysiak, Andreas ^c   Roenneberg, Till ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c OSRAM GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronotype; Circadian clock; Field study; Light environment; Light power spectrum; Office worker; Sleep wake cycle

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELDWORK; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT EFFECT; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASONALITY; SLEEP; WORKPLACE;

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; TEMPERATURE; WORKPLACE; BLUE LIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; LOCOMOTION; REST; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; WORK;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLOR; HUMANS; LIGHTING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 80052671583     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3144     Document Type: Article

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