Effects of partial circadian adjustments on sleep and vigilance quality during simulated night work

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 380-389

  Chapdelaine, Simon ^a,b   Paquet, Jean ^a   Dumont, Marie ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alertness; Daytime sleep quality; Melatonin secretion; Night shift work; Phase shift; Sleep timing

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SLEEP; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KAROLINSKA SLEEPINESS SCALE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MOOD; NIGHT SLEEP; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SALIVA LEVEL; SHIFT WORKER; SIMULATION; SLEEP; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SALIVA; SLEEP; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84863775691     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2012.00998.x     Document Type: Article

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