Chronic exposure to 2.9 mT, 40 Hz magnetic field reduces melatonin concentrations in humans

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 240-244

  Karasek, Michal ^a   Woldanska Okonska, Marta ^b   Czernicki, Jan ^a   Zylinska, Krystyna ^a   Swietoslawski, Jacek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b District Hospital in Sieradz   (Poland)

Author keywords

Low back pain syndrome; Low frequency magnetic field; Magnetic field; Melatonin; Physiotherapy

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BONE CELL; CELL ADHESION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYSIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PINEAL GLAND; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032445476     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1998.tb00393.x     Document Type: Article

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