Melatonin actions and putative melatonin receptors in the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems

Frontiers of Hormone Research

Volumn 21, Issue , 1996, Pages 101-114

  Pang, C S ^a,b,d   Tang, P L ^a   Brown, G M ^b   Cheng, K M ^c   Pang, S F ^b,d  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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