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Table 1 Characteristics of the used light sources

From: The effect of a blue enriched white light on salivary antioxidant capacity and melatonin among night shift workers: a field study

Light source

Correlated colour temperature (K)

Illuminance on the work plane (in lx)a

Chromaticity coordinates 1931 CIE 28 (x, y)

Fluorescent (18 W)

3000 k

510

0.453, 0.397

Fluorescent (18 W)

6500 k

501

0.447, 0.422

Fluorescent (18 W)

17,000 k

506

0.450, 0.440

  1. aMean illuminance levels