Diseases

Jet Lag Syndrome

A chronobiologic disorder resulting from rapid travel across a number of time zones, characterized by insomnia or hypersomnolence, fatigue, behavioral symptoms, headaches, and gastrointestinal disturbances. (From Cooper, Sleep, 1994, pp593-8)

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A chronobiologic disorder resulting from rapid travel across a number of time zones, characterized by insomnia or hypersomnolence, fatigue, behavioral symptoms, headaches, and gastrointestinal disturbances. (From Cooper, Sleep, 1994, pp593-8)

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8 entry terms
  • Jet Lag
  • Time Zone Change Syndrome
  • Time Zone Syndrome
  • Jet Lag Syndromes
  • Jet Lags
  • Lag, Jet
  • Lags, Jet
  • Time Zone Syndromes

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2000

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  • Sleep Disorders (1974-1999)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Jet Lag Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020179. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020179
  2. Jet Lag Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_lag
  3. Jet Lag Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192579