Effectiveness of a red-visor cap for preventing light-induced melatonin suppression during simulated night work

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 251-258

  Higuchi, Shigekazu ^a   Fukuda, Tomomi ^a   Kozaki, Tomoaki ^a   Takahashi, Masaya ^b   Miura, Nobuhiko ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Alertness; Cancer; Light; Melatonin; Performance; Shift work

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA; SLEEP DISORDER; SPECTROSCOPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONOBIOLOGY DISORDERS; CLOTHING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; SALIVA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856770467     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.30.251     Document Type: Article

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