Acute Exposure to Circularly Polarized 50-Hz Magnetic Fields of 200-300 μT Does Not Affect the Pattern of Melatonin Secretion in Young Men

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5668-5673

  Warman, G R ^a,b,c   Tripp, H ^a   Warman, V L ^a   Arendt, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MELATONIN SECRETION; POLARIZATION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MELATONIN;

EID: 0347993155     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-030220     Document Type: Article

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