ND-0310 · 2022 · Other
Electric lighting, adolescent sleep and circadian outcomes, and recommendations for improving light health
Ricketts, Joyce, Rissman et al. Sleep Medicine Reviews. 2022.
doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2022.101667 · Finding drafted from the abstract
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What the source reports
Reduced light during the school day delays the adolescent body clock, and longer evening exposure to light-emitting devices suppresses melatonin.
Limitations
Narrative review.
Design questions and applications
Raise daytime light in secondary schools.
Field
Childhood interiors and the body
Notes and follow-up
Added from the Corpus Desk (card ricketts-2022-adolescent-light) on 2026-11-09. Evidence strength and translation distance not yet rated. WELL label held for review.
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