Effects of exposure to 16.7 Hz magnetic fields on urinary 6-hydroxymelatonin sulfate excretion of Swiss railway workers

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-100

  Pfluger, Dominik H ^a   Minder, Christoph E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electric field; Hydroxymelatonin sulfate; Low frequency magnetic field; Magnetic field; Shift work

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; 6-SULFATOXYMELATONIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RAILWAY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWITZERLAND; URINE;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PINEAL GLAND; RAILROADS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0030226950     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1996.tb00275.x     Document Type: Article

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