Melatonin mediates seasonal changes in immune function

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 917, Issue , 2000, Pages 404-415

  Nelson, Randy J ^a,b   Drazen, Deborah L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION RISK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033664956     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb05405.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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