Sleep and melatonin in infants: A preliminary study

Sleep

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-191

  Sadeh, Avi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Infant sleep; Melatonin; Sleep; Wake rhythms

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; URINALYSIS;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MELATONIN; SLEEP;

EID: 0030941234     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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