Melatonin - The key to the gate of sleep

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-114

  Shochat, Tamar ^a   Haimov, Iris ^a   Lavie, Peretz ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

7 13 paradigm; Insomnia; Melatonin; Sleep

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; NIGHT SLEEP; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

EID: 0031968965     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853899808999392     Document Type: Article

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