Protective effect of blue-light shield eyewear for adults against light pollution from self-luminous devices used at night

Chronobiology International

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 134-139

  Ayaki, Masahiko ^a   Hattori, Atsuhiko ^b   Maruyama, Yusuke ^b   Nakano, Masaki ^b   Yoshimura, Michitaka ^a   Kitazawa, Momoko ^a   Negishi, Kazuno ^a   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blue light; eye fatigue; eyewear; light pollution; melatonin; retinal ganglion cells; sleep

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; SLEEP STAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; SLEEP STAGES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959140917     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2015.1119158     Document Type: Article

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