Human circadian rhythms: Lessons from the blind

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 303-305

  Sack, Robert L ^a   Lewy, Alfred J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BLINDNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BLINDNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; LIGHT; MELATONIN; SLEEP;

EID: 0027290793     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853899309147288     Document Type: Editorial

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