The relationship between obesity and exposure to light at night: Cross-sectional analyses of over 100,000 women in the breakthrough generations study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 245-250

  McFadden, Emily ^a,b   Jones, Michael E ^a   Schoemaker, Minouk J ^a   Ashworth, Alan ^a   Swerdlow, Anthony J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

body mass index; circadian rhythm; light at night; obesity; sleep; sleeping habits

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

BODY MASS INDEX; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIGHT AT NIGHT; OBESITY; SLEEP; SLEEPING HABITS;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHOTOPERIOD;

EID: 84905665898     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu117     Document Type: Article

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