Variations in 6-sulphatoxymelatonin excretion and oral temperature under a 12-hour shiftwork environment

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 221-226

  Vangelova, K K ^a   Dalbokova, D I ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Biological adjustment; Circadian typology

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP TIME;

EID: 0032449936     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.1998.13.4.221     Document Type: Article

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