Circadian rhythms and aging

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-20

  Waterhouse, J M ^a   Minors, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LIFESTYLE; LIGHT; NIGHT SLEEP; PINEAL BODY; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SENILE DEMENTIA; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

EID: 0029925413     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0959259800004457     Document Type: Review

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