Revisiting chronodisruption: When the physiological nexus between internal and external times splits in humans

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 291-298

  Erren, Thomas C ^a   Reiter, Russel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chronodisruption; Chronotype; Disease; External time; Health; Internal time; Shift work

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; BIOMARKER; CANCER; DATA ACQUISITION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84876283458     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-013-1026-5     Document Type: Article

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