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Table 1 Effects of work and light at night

From: Ford and Edison in a modern regulatory environment: the first-in-human trial of night-work and artificial light

  

Work

Light

ZeitgeberEthicsCommittee

Zeitgeber

Adverse Effects

Sleep

Sleepiness

Yes [7, 15]

Yes [7]

Sleep quality

Yes [15]

Yes [7]

Sleep quantity

Yes [15]

Yes [7]

Sleep timing

Yes [15]

Yes [7]

Accidents

Yes [15, 16]

Yes [17]

Biological Night

Restitutional resource [18]

Yes [19]

Yes [20]

Rhythms of Rest and Excess

Physiological rhythms of rest and excess [13]

Yes [13]

Yes [13]