Clinical applications of melatonin in circadian disorders

Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 399-413

  Lewy, Alfred J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian phase; Circadian sleep disorder; Jet lag; Melatonin; Seasonal affective disorder; Shift work; The blind

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; AVIATION; BLINDNESS; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; JET LAG; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NIGHT WORK; PINEAL BODY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TRAVEL;

EID: 0346503954     PISSN: 12948322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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