The influence of the bright light exposure during daytime on melatonin excreting rate in urine

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 332-338

  Aizawa, Seika ^a   Tokura, Hiromi ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Light intensity; Melatonin; Tympanic temperature

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

BRIGHTNESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; EARDRUM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; TEMPERATURE; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0032876786     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/brhm.30.3.332.3052     Document Type: Conference Paper

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