Low doses of melatonin and diurnal effects on thermoregulation and tolerance to uncompensable heat stress

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 308-316

  McLellan, Tom M ^a   Gannon, Greg A ^a   Zamecnik, Jiri ^a   Gil, Valerie ^a   Brown, Greg M ^a,b  

^a DEF AND CIV INST OF ENVIRON MED   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Heat storage; Protective clothing; Rectal temperature

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; GAS EXCHANGE; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOREGULATION; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 0032807419     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.87.1.308     Document Type: Article

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