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Document ID (ISN)30769
CIS number 79-82
ISSN - Serial title 0300-581X - Arbeitsmedizin - Sozialmedizin - Präventivmedizin
Year 1978
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Hollwich F., Dieckhues B.
Title Lighting at the workplace and its medical importance for man
Original title Arbeitsplatzbeleuchtung und ihre medizinische Bedeutung für den Menschen [in German]
Bibliographic information May 1978, Vol.13, No.5, p.103-106. 10 ref.
Abstract Light not only has an optical function, but also an energetic one, which stimulates and regulates organ function and metabolism. Artificial light differs from daylight in its spectral composition, its monotonous character, its incidence and its intensity. Over-intense artificial light activates hormone secretion, giving rise to a stress reaction. Combination of light sources with different spectra in a lighting unit, and addition of local lighting, yield satisfactory results. The results of tests to determine the influence of daylight and artificial light on ACTH and hydrocortisone production in man are given.
Descriptors (primary) artificial lighting; occupational physiology
Descriptors (secondary) artificial light; stress factors; hormone secretion; local lighting
Document type -
Subject(s) Lighting, colour and vision
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Lighting and colour