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Time zone change (jet lag) syndrome

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One merely has to consider the number of flights crossing the Atlantic, the Pacific, the USA or Russia, to see that the number of travellers taking long-distance flights for professional or recreational reasons is growing every year. Most, if not all of these travellers and flight crews are affected by jet lag syndrome, caused by rapidly crossing time zones. The symptomatology is varied and influenced by a series of factors, and is sufficiently unpleasant to warrant the search for preventive and curative counter measures.

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Tiberge, M. (2003). Time zone change (jet lag) syndrome. In: Billiard, M. (eds) Sleep. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0217-3_39

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