Sleep timing, chronotype, mood, and behavior at an Arctic latitude (69°N)

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 798-807

  Friborg, Oddgeir ^a   Rosenvinge, Jan H ^a   Wynn, Rolf ^a,b   Gradisar, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronotype; Fatigue; Mood; Seasonality; Self regulation; Sleep timing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EATING HABIT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MOOD; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL STRESS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLEEP TIME; YOUNG ADULT; AFFECT; ARCTIC; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARCTIC REGIONS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORWAY; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902000359     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2014.03.014     Document Type: Article

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