Access to electric light is associated with shorter sleep duration in a traditionally hunter-gatherer community

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 342-350

  De La Iglesia, Horacio O ^a   Fernández Duque, Eduardo ^b,c,d   Golombek, Diego A ^e   Lanza, Norberto ^c   Duffy, Jeanne F ^f   Czeisler, Charles A ^f   Valeggia, Claudia R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d Universidad Nacional de Formosa   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

artificial light dark cycle; natural light dark cycle; sleep timing; South American indigenous communities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARGENTINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SLEEP; TIME FACTOR; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937030711     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730415590702     Document Type: Article

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