Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 287-294 , March 2009

Phase advancing the human circadian clock with blue-enriched polychromatic light

  • Mark R. Smith

      Affiliations

    • Biological Rhythms Research Laboratory, Rush University Medical Center, Suite 425, 1645 W. Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
    • Graduate Division of Neuroscience, Rush University Medical Center, USA
    • ,
  • Victoria L. Revell

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK
    • ,
  • Charmane I. Eastman

      Affiliations

    • Biological Rhythms Research Laboratory, Rush University Medical Center, Suite 425, 1645 W. Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
    • Graduate Division of Neuroscience, Rush University Medical Center, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Biological Rhythms Research Laboratory, Rush University Medical Center, Suite 425, 1645 W. Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Tel.: +1 312 563 4787; fax: +1 312 563 4900.

Received 14 March 2008 ,Revised 21 May 2008 ,Accepted 27 May 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.05.005

Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 287-294 , March 2009

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