Light is beneficial for infant circadian entrainment: An actigraphic study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1738-1747

  Tsai, Shao Yu ^a   Thomas, Karen A ^b   Lentz, Martha J ^b   Barnard, Kathryn E ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Circadian rhythm; Entrainment; Infant; Light; Sleep wake pattern

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INFANT; LIGHT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

ACTIGRAPHY; ACTIVITY CYCLES; ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84863782454     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05857.x     Document Type: Article

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