Adaptation of the 6-sulphatoxymelatonin rhythm in shiftworkers on offshore oil installations during a 2-week 12-h night shift

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-12

  Barnes, R G ^a   Deacon, S J ^a   Forbes, M J ^b   Arendt, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b Medical Microbiology Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

6 Sulphatoxymelatonin; Circadian rhythm; Melatonin; Shiftwork

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL OILS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0032559207     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00965-8     Document Type: Article

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