Artificial outdoor light at night and depression in older adults in the USA, England, Northern Ireland, and Ireland [PDF]
Environment InternationalBackground: Artificial Light at night (ALAN) is a potential environmental stressor for depression, but epidemiological evidence is limited. Cross-national surveys of aging were leveraged to examine LAN and depression.
Rina So +14 more
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Impact of artificial light at night on obesity and overweight: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground Global obesity rates are rising sharply, prompting interest in environmental drivers beyond diet and activity. Widespread artificial light at night disrupts circadian rhythms and metabolism.
Wenzheng Tang, Siying Dong, Yingshuai Li
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Effect of gestational exposure to dim light at night on the behavior of rat dams and offspring [PDF]
Scientific ReportsRecently, dim light at night (dLAN) has become nearly ubiquitous. Whereas nighttime light exposure is associated with an increased risk of adverse health outcomes, little is known about the effects of low-intensity light exposure at night during ...
Tereza Gömöryová +3 more
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Eco-evolutionary feedbacks under artificial light at night [PDF]
iScienceSummary: Artificial light at night (ALAN) is an omnipresent anthropogenic stressor disrupting ecological interactions, potentially driving rapid evolutionary change.
Nedim Tüzün +2 more
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Review on health effects of indoor and outdoor artificial light at night
环境与职业医学, 2023 A growing number of urban dwellers are being exposed to excessively bright artificial night light induced by the development of high-intensity, high-density cities around the world.
Yiwen GUO, Jin QI, Kejia HU
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Co-distribution of Light At Night (LAN) and COVID-19 incidence in the United States
BMC Public Health, 2021 Background Light at night (LAN) as a circadian disruption factor may affect the human immune system and consequently increase an individual’s susceptibility to the severity of infectious diseases, such as COVID-19.
Yidan Meng, Vincent Zhu, Yong Zhu
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Acute impact of light at night and exogenous melatonin on subjective appetite and plasma leptin
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022 This study investigates the possible effect of exogenous melatonin on appetite control by investigating plasma leptin and subjective appetite parameters.
Mohammed S. Albreiki +7 more
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Environmental Health, 2020 Background Research has suggested that artificial light at night (LAN) may disrupt circadian rhythms, sleep, and contribute to the development of obesity.
Dong Zhang +5 more
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Behavioral responses of bioluminescent fireflies to artificial light at night
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Bioluminescent insects have been the subject of scientific interest and popular wonder for millennia. But in the 21st century, the fireflies, click beetles, and cave glow-worms that brighten our nights are threatened by an unprecedented competitor ...
Avalon C. S. Owens +3 more
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Variation of Individual Location Radiance in VIIRS DNB Monthly Composite Images
Remote Sensing, 2018 With the growing size and use of night light time series from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Day/Night Band (DNB), it is important to understand the stability of the dataset. All satellites observe differences in pixel values during repeat
Jacqueline Coesfeld +5 more
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