Fatigue and sleep under large summer temperature differences

Environmental Research

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 17-21

  Fujii, Hisako ^a   Fukuda, Sanae ^a,d,e   Narumi, Daisuke ^b   Ihara, Tomohiko ^c   Watanabe, Yasuyoshi ^a,d  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d RIKEN   (Japan)

^e KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Sleep; Temperature differences

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; FATIGUE; HEALTH IMPACT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SLEEP;

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; SUMMER; AGE; AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; HOUSING; JAPAN; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; OSAKA [KINKI];

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922539804     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.02.006     Document Type: Article

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