Impact of UVA exposure on psychological parameters and circulating serotonin and melatonin

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Gambichler, Thilo ^a   Bader, Armin ^a   Vojvodic, Mirjana ^a   Bechara, Falk G ^a   Sauermann, Kirsten ^a   Altmeyer, Peter ^a   Hoffmann, Klaus ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVOUSNESS; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VOLUNTEER; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEASON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

HUMANS; MELATONIN; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; SEROTONIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0642342455     PISSN: 14715945     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-2-6     Document Type: Article

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