A multinational study of the relationships between nighttime urinary melatonin production, age, gender, body size, and latitude

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 249, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 256-262

  Wetterberg, Lennart ^a   Bratlid, Trond ^a   Von Knorring, Lars ^b   Eberhard, Göran ^b   Yuwiler, Arthur ^b  

^a PFFT   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Age; Height; Latitude; Longitude; Melatonin; Sex; Urine; Urine volume; Weight

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENDER; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0032726640     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004060050095     Document Type: Article

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