The reliability of melatonin synthesis as an indicator of the individual circadian phase position

Military Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 674-678

  Roemer, Hermann C ^a   Griefahn, Barbara ^a   Kuenemund, Christa ^a   Blaszkewicz, Meinolf ^a   Gerngroß, Heinz ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^b Military Hospital Ulm   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; SALIVA LEVEL; SHIFT WORKER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 0043076329     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/168.8.674     Document Type: Article

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