Oral contraceptives alter circadian rhythm parameters of cortisol, melatonin, blood pressure, heart rate, skin blood flow, transepidermal water loss, and skin amino acids of healthy young women

Chronobiology International

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 199-211

  Reinberg, Alain E ^a   Touitou, Yvan ^b   Soudant, Étienne ^a   Bernard, Dominique ^c   Bazin, Roland ^c   Mechkouri, Mohamed ^a  

^a FONDATION OPHTALMOLOGIQUE ADOLPHE DE ROTHSCHILD   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Lab Rech Appl Devmt de l'Oreal   (France)

Author keywords

blood pressure; circadian rhythms; cortisol; melatonin; oral contraceptives; skin blood flow; transepidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTIC ACID; MELATONIN; NORETHISTERONE; NORGESTREL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SALIVA LEVEL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SWEATING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER LOSS;

EID: 0029814669     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420529609012653     Document Type: Article

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