The effects of exposure to intense, 24 h light on the development of scoliosis in young chickens

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 91, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-6

  Nette, Farrell ^a   Dolynchuk, Kim ^a   Wang, Xiaoping ^a   Daniel, Ariadne ^a   Demianczuk, Christina ^a   Moreau, Marc ^a   Raso, James ^a   Mahood, James ^a   Bagnall, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; HORMONES;

ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; ANIMAL MODEL; CONTINUOUS LIGHT; EXPOSED TO; INTENSE LIGHT; PINEAL GLAND; THRESHOLD LEVELS;

ANIMALS;

MELATONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; LIGHT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SCOLIOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LIGHT; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 16544395937     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-935-6-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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