Daylight saving time affects European mortality patterns

Abstract Daylight saving time (DST) consists in a one-hour advancement of legal time in spring offset by a backward transition of the same magnitude in fall. It creates a minimal circadian misalignment that could disrupt sleep and homoeostasis in susceptible individuals and lead to an increased inci...

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Main Authors: Laurent Lévy, Jean-Marie Robine, Grégoire Rey, Raúl Fernando Méndez Turrubiates, Marcos Quijal-Zamorano, Hicham Achebak, Joan Ballester, Xavier Rodó, François R. Herrmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34704-9