Circadian mechanisms for sex differences in shift work tolerance

众所周知，妇女对改变工作时间表的反应比男子差，比男子有更多的健康投诉，更多的困倦和更多的工作事故。这种性别差异的生理原因尚不清楚。我们的研究表明，女性和男性的昼夜节律差异可能会促进女性的轮班工作不耐受。本研究的目的是探讨性别差异的影响，办公室水平的光对生物钟在模拟夜班。

It is well-established that women respond more poorly than men to shift work schedules, having more health complaints, more drowsiness and more accidents at work than men. The physiological cause of this sex difference is not known. Our research suggests that differences in the circadian rhythms of women and men may promote shift work intolerance in women. This study is designed to examine sex differences in the effect of office-level light on the biological clock during a simulated night shift.