The rhythms of human sleep propensity and core body temperature

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-11

  Lack, Leon C ^a   Lushington, Kurt ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

circadian rhythms; core body temperature; sleep propensity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP;

EID: 0029970286     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2869.1996.00005.x     Document Type: Article

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