Nocturnal 6-hydroxymelatonin sulfate excretion in female workers exposed to magnetic fields

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-104

  Juutilainen, Jukka ^c   Stevens, Richard G ^a   Anderson, Larry E ^a   Hansen, Norman H ^a   Kilpeläinen, Marko ^d   Kumlin, Timo ^d   Laitinen, Jarmo T ^d   Sobel, Eugene ^b   Wilson, Bary W ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

6 OHMS; ELF; Human; Magnetic fields; Melatonin; Urine

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; TEXTILE WORKER;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PINEAL GLAND; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 0033995076     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-079X.2001.280205.x     Document Type: Article

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