Changes in the concentration of urinary 6-sulphatoxymelatonin during a week of simulated night work

Industrial Health

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 193-196

  Roach, Gregory D ^a   Lamond, Nicole ^a   Dorrian, Jill ^a   Burgess, Helen ^b   Holmes, Alexandra ^a   Fletcher, Adam ^a   McCulloch, Kirsty ^a   Dawson, Drew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Melatonin; Shiftwork

Indexed keywords

6 SULPHATOXYMELATONIN; MELATONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP PATTERN; URINE LEVEL; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; TIME; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 13844317375     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.43.193     Document Type: Article

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