Shift work: coping with the biological clock.

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Metabolic consequences of sleep and sleep loss

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Melatonin—A pleiotropic, orchestrating regulator molecule

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Association between light at night, melatonin secretion, sleep deprivation, and the internal clock: Health impacts and mechanisms of circadian disruption

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Circadian Rhythm and Sleep Disruption: Causes, Metabolic Consequences, and Countermeasures

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Melatonin, the circadian multioscillator system and health: the need for detailed analyses of peripheral melatonin signaling

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A Review of EEG Signal Features and Their Application in Driver Drowsiness Detection Systems

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Circadian Desynchrony Promotes Metabolic Disruption in a Mouse Model of Shiftwork

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Interaction between circadian rhythms and stress

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The genetics of circadian rhythms, sleep and health

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Metabolic effects of sleep disruption, links to obesity and diabetes

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Night Work and the Risk of Cancer Among Men

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Melatonin in aging and disease -multiple consequences of reduced secretion, options and limits of treatment.

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Melatonin effects on glucose metabolism: time to unlock the controversy

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Acute Sleep Loss Induces Tissue-Specific Epigenetic and Transcriptional Alterations to Circadian Clock Genes in Men

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High-fat diet-induced hyperinsulinemia and tissue-specific insulin resistance in Cry -deficient mice

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Shift work: health, performance and safety problems, traditional countermeasures, and innovative management strategies to reduce circadian misalignment

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Night Shift Work and Risk of Breast Cancer

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Working Time Society consensus statements: Evidence-based effects of shift work and non-standard working hours on workers, family and community

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Shift work at young age is associated with increased risk for multiple sclerosis

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Synchronizing effects of melatonin on diurnal and circadian rhythms

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The impact of shiftwork on health: a literature review

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Objective and subjective measures of sleepiness, and their associations with on‐road driving events in shift workers

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Jet lag, circadian rhythm sleep disturbances, and depression: the role of melatonin and its analogs

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Predictors of shift work disorder among nurses: a longitudinal study

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Interactions between metabolism and circadian clocks: reciprocal disturbances

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Glucocorticoid hormones are both a major circadian signal and major stress signal: How this shared signal contributes to a dynamic relationship between the circadian and stress systems

Spencer, R. L., Chun, L. E., Hartsock, M. J., & Woodruff, E. R. (2017) · Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology · doi:10.1016/j.yfrne.2017.12.005 · Cited by 125

Rotating Night-Shift Work and Lung Cancer Risk Among Female Nurses in the United States

Schernhammer, E. S., Feskanich, D., Liang, G., & Han, J. (2013) · American Journal of Epidemiology · doi:10.1093/aje/kwt155 · Cited by 112

Associations between shift work characteristics, shift work schedules, sleep and burnout in North American police officers: a cross-sectional study

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Central Serous Chorioretinopathy: Pathogenesis and Management

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Shiftwork-Mediated Disruptions of Circadian Rhythms and Sleep Homeostasis Cause Serious Health Problems

Khan, S., Duan, P., Yao, L., & Hou, H. (2018) · International Journal of Genomics · doi:10.1155/2018/8576890 · Cited by 120

Small molecule modifiers of circadian clocks

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Intense illumination in the morning hours improved mood and alertness but not mental performance

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Circadian Synchrony: Sleep, Nutrition, and Physical Activity

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Chronic Ethanol Consumption Disrupts the Core Molecular Clock and Diurnal Rhythms of Metabolic Genes in the Liver without Affecting the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

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Melatonin: Countering Chaotic Time Cues

Arendt, J. (2019) · Frontiers in Endocrinology · doi:10.3389/fendo.2019.00391 · Cited by 90

Effects of Clockwise and Counterclockwise Job Shift Work Rotation on Sleep and Work-Life Balance on Hospital Nurses

Shiffer, D., Minonzio, M., Dipaola, F., Bertola, M., Zamunér, A. R., Vecchia, L. A. D., Solbiati, M., Costantino, G., Furlan, R., & Barbic, F. (2018) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph15092038 · Cited by 84

Update on the use of melatonin in pediatrics

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Light and chronobiology: implications for health and disease

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Shift Work and Sleep Quality Among Urban Police Officers

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Modified Cortisol Circadian Rhythm: The Hidden Toll of Night-Shift Work

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Increased and Mistimed Sex Hormone Production in Night Shift Workers

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Association between depressive symptoms and morningness-eveningness, sleep duration and rotating shift work in Japanese nurses

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Circadian systems biology: When time matters

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Sleep hygiene in shift workers: A systematic literature review

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Shift work influences multiple sclerosis risk

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Intraday adaptation to extreme temperatures in outdoor activity

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Shiftwork and sickness absence among police officers: the BCOPS study

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Sleep deprivation due to shift work

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Shift Work: A Risk Factor for Central Serous Chorioretinopathy

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The Endogenous Melatonin (MT) Signal Facilitates Reentrainment of the Circadian System to Light-Induced Phase Advances by Acting Upon MT2 Receptors

Pfeffer, M., Rauch, A., Korf, H., & von Gall, C. (2012) · Chronobiology International · doi:10.3109/07420528.2012.667859 · Cited by 75

Sleep and Organizational Behavior: Implications for Workplace Productivity and Safety

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Unveiling “Musica Universalis” of the Cell: A Brief History of Biological 12-Hour Rhythms

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Association of shiftwork and immune cells among police officers from the Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic Occupational Police Stress study

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At-Sea Trial of 24-h-Based Submarine Watchstanding Schedules with High and Low Correlated Color Temperature Light Sources

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Determinants of seafarers’ fatigue: a systematic review and quality assessment

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Tissue-Specific Function of Period3 in Circadian Rhythmicity

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Peripheral Skin Temperature and Circadian Biological Clock in Shift Nurses after a Day off

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Application of a Limit-Cycle Oscillator Model for Prediction of Circadian Phase in Rotating Night Shift Workers

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Person-directed, non-pharmacological interventions for sleepiness at work and sleep disturbances caused by shift work

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A method for characterizing daily physiology from widely used wearables

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Changes in the diurnal rhythms of cortisol, melatonin, and testosterone after 2, 4, and 7 consecutive night shifts in male police officers

Jensen, M. A., Hansen, Å. M., Kristiansen, J., Nabe‐Nielsen, K., & Garde, A. H. (2016) · Chronobiology International · doi:10.1080/07420528.2016.1212869 · Cited by 59

Approaches to the Pharmacological Management of Jet Lag

Arendt, J. (2018) · Drugs · doi:10.1007/s40265-018-0973-8 · Cited by 59

Higher risks when working unusual times? A cross-validation of the effects on safety, health, and work–life balance

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Cognitive consequences of sleep deprivation, shiftwork, and heat exposure for underground miners

Legault, G., Clement, A., Kenny, G. P., Hardcastle, S. G., & Keller, N. R. (2016) · Applied Ergonomics · doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2016.06.007 · Cited by 59

Administration of Melatonin and Metformin Prevents Deleterious Effects of Circadian Disruption and Obesity in Male Rats

Thomas, A. P., Hoang, J. D., Vongbunyong, K. E., Nguyen, A., Rakshit, K., & Matveyenko, A. V. (2016) · Endocrinology · doi:10.1210/en.2016-1309 · Cited by 54

A photobiological approach to biophilic design in extreme climates

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Medicalisation or customisation? Sleep, enterprise and enhancement in the 24/7 society

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Molecular Targets for Small-Molecule Modulators of Circadian Clocks

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Sleep Duration and Chronic Fatigue Are Differently Associated with the Dietary Profile of Shift Workers

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Field Study of Effects of Night Shifts on Cognitive Performance, Salivary Melatonin, and Sleep

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Poor Sleep Quality in Nurses Working or Having Worked Night Shifts: A Cross-Sectional Study

Huang, Q., Tian, C., & Zeng, X. (2021) · Frontiers in Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnins.2021.638973 · Cited by 53

Effect of night-shift work on cortisol circadian rhythm and melatonin levels

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Night work effects on salivary cytokines TNF, IL-1β and IL-6

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How is the inner circadian clock controlled by interactive clock proteins?

Merbitz-Zahradnik, T., & Wolf, E. (2015) · FEBS Letters · doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2015.05.024 · Cited by 47

Circulating Exosomal miRNAs Signal Circadian Misalignment to Peripheral Metabolic Tissues

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Shift Work Patterns, Chronotype, and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Risk

Leung, L., Grundy, A. L., Siemiatycki, J., Arseneau, J., Gilbert, L., Gotlieb, W. H., Provencher, D. M., Aronson, K. J., & Koushik, A. (2019) · Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention · doi:10.1158/1055-9965.epi-18-1112 · Cited by 42

Demographics, sleep, and daily patterns of caffeine intake of shift workers in a nationally representative sample of the US adult population

Lieberman, H. R., Agarwal, S., Caldwell, J. A., & Fulgoni, V. L. I. (2019) · SLEEP · doi:10.1093/sleep/zsz240 · Cited by 47

Circadian events in human diseases and in cytochrome P450‐related drug metabolism and therapy

Košir, R., Španinger, K., & Rozman, D. (2013) · IUBMB Life · doi:10.1002/iub.1160 · Cited by 41

Disruption of circadian rhythm increases the risk of cancer, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease

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Circadian and behavioural responses to shift work-like schedules of light/dark in the mouse

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The ageing shift worker: a prospective cohort study on need for recovery, disability, and retirement intentions

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Sleep Strategies of Night-Shift Nurses on Days Off: Which Ones are Most Adaptive?

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Excessive daytime sleepiness in general hospital nurses: prevalence, correlates, and its association with adverse events

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Shift Work and Heart Rate Variability Coherence: Pilot Study Among Nurses

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Effect of color temperature on melatonin production for illumination of working environments

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Comparison of Melatonin Profile and Alertness of Firefighters with Different Work Schedules

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The Role of the Melatoninergic System in Circadian and Seasonal Rhythms—Insights From Different Mouse Strains

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