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This article does not cite its references or sources. You can help Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Jet lag, also jetlag or jet-lag, is a physiological condition which is a consequence of alterations to the circadian rhythm. Such alterations result from shift work, altered day length, or as the name implies, transmeridian travel as on a jet plane. They are known as desynchronosis, dysrhythmia, dyschrony, jet lag, or jet syndrome. The condition is generally believed to be the ...
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Travelers' Health Organizations
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.cancer.gov/
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- Food and Drug Administration
- National Center for Infectious Diseases
- American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/
- American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.aap.org/
- American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery
- American Social Health Association http://www.ashastd.org/
- National Institute on Aging http://www.nia.nih.gov/
- World Health Organization http://www.who.int/
- National Sleep Foundation http://www.sleepfoundation.org/
- Dept. of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service
- National Center for Environmental Health
- Dept. of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs
- Dept. of Transportation
- National Fire Protection Association http://www.nfpa.org/
- Amputee Coalition of America http://www.amputee-coalition.org/
- Transportation Security Administration
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials http://www.astho.org/
- American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Office of Medical Applications of Research http://odp.od.nih.gov/omar/
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