Melatonin: Marvel or marker?

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-87

  Kripke, Daniel F ^a,b   Elliott, Jeffrey A ^a   Youngstedt, Shawn D ^a   Smith, Julian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Circadian rhythm; Insomnia; Melatonin; Sleep; Sulphatoxymelatonin

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSOMNIA; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SLEEP TIME; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0031968964     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853899808999388     Document Type: Article

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