Association between melatonin secretion and daytime sleep complaints in night nurses

Sleep

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 877-885

  Benhaberou Brun, Dalila ^b   Lambert, Chantal ^b   Dumont, Marie ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Melatonin; Nurses; Shiftwork; Sleep

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SECRETION; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 0032744015     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/22.7.877     Document Type: Article

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