The bright-nights and dim-days of the urban photoperiod: Implications for circadian rhythmicity, metabolism and obesity

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 253-263

  Wyse, Cathy A ^a   Biello, Stephany M ^a   Gill, Jason M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circadian; Desynchrony; Light at night; Obesity

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARK ADAPTATION; DARKNESS; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INFLAMMATION; LIGHT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLISM; MODERN TIMES; NIGHT; OBESITY; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TIME; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; ANIMAL; LIFESTYLE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LIGHT; LIGHTING; OBESITY; PHOTOPERIOD; TIME FACTORS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84905466109     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 13652060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2014.913422     Document Type: Article

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