Efficacy of Melatonin Treatment in Jet Lag, Shift Work, and Blindness

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 604-617

  Arendt, Josephine ^a   Skene, Debra J ^a   Middleton, Benita ^a   Lockley, Steven W ^a   Deacon, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blindness; Jet lag; Light; Melatonin; Rhythm; Shift work

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; BLINDNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRAVEL; WORK SCHEDULE;

ANIMALS; BLINDNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; MELATONIN; TRAVEL; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0031303156     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873049701200616     Document Type: Article

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