Melatonin efficacy in aviation missions requiring rapid deployment and night operations

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 520-524

  Comperatore, Carlos A ^a   Lieberman, Harris R ^b   Kirby, Albert W ^a   Adams, Bruce ^a   Crowley, John S ^a  

^a Aircrew Health and Performance Division   (United States)

^b MA 01760 USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JET LAG; MALE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AFFECT; AWARENESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP;

EID: 0029982845     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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