Twenty-four-hour melatonin and core body temperature rhythms: Their adaptation in night workers

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 3 41-3, 1997, Pages

  Weibel, L ^a,b   Spiegel, K ^a   Gronfier, C ^a   Follenius, M ^a   Brandenberger, G ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

circadian rhythm; night work

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030903827     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.272.3.r948     Document Type: Article

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