Adverse health effects of nighttime lighting: Comments on american medical association policy statement

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 343-346

  Stevens, Richard G ^a   Brainard, George C ^b   Blask, David E ^c   Lockley, Steven W ^d   Motta, Mario E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MELATONIN;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MOOD DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PREDICTION; SLEEP DISORDER;

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; CELL CYCLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA DAMAGE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LIGHTING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883029537     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.04.011     Document Type: Article

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