A Single Nocturnal Exposure to 2-7 Millitesla Static Magnetic Fields Does Not Inhibit the Excretion of 6-Sulfatoxymelatonin in Healthy Young Men

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-6

  Haugsdal, Bjarte ^a   Tynes, Tore ^a   Røtnes, Jan S ^b   Griffiths, David ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

DC magnetic fields; Human exposure; Melatonin; MRI

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

DC MAGNETIC FIELD; EXPOSED TO; FLUX DENSITIES; HUMAN EXPOSURES; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MELATONIN; METAL REDUCTION; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; URINE SAMPLE; WORKERS';

HORMONES;

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; 6-SULFATOXYMELATONIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUE; TIME; URINE;

ADULT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035219719     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-186X(200101)22:1<1::AID-BEM1>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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