Melatonin for the prevention and treatment of jet lag

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2010, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Herxheimer, Andrew ^a   Petrie, Keith J ^b  

^a Dept of Psychiatry & Behavioural Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; MELATONIN;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; JET LAG; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

ANTIOXIDANTS; HUMANS; JET LAG SYNDROME; MELATONIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0036051470     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001520     Document Type: Review

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