Melatonin - A natural sleeping pill?;MELATONIN - EIN NATURLICHES SCHLAFMITTEL?

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 109, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 714-721

  Saletu, Bernd ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chronobiotic; Circadian rhytm sleep disorders; Human pharmacology; Hypnotic; Insomnia; Interactions; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGED; BREATHING DISORDER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERANCE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; PINEAL BODY; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; REFERENCE VALUE; SLEEP;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MELATONIN; REFERENCE VALUES; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 0031551448     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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