Comparative study to determine the optimal melatonin dosage form for the alleviation of jet lag

Chronobiology International

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 655-666

  Suhner, Andrea ^a   Schlagenhauf, Patricia ^a   Johnson, Richard ^b   Tschopp, Alois ^a   Steffen, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosage form; Jet lag; Melatonin; Sleep quality; Travel medicine

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; JET LAG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SLEEP PATTERN; TRAVEL;

EID: 0031786860     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420529808993201     Document Type: Article

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