Effects of evening light conditions on salivary melatonin of Japanese junior high school students

Journal of Circadian Rhythms

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Harada, Tetsuo ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; HIGH SCHOOL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; SALIVA LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; TIME;

EID: 18144413926     PISSN: 17403391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1740-3391-2-4     Document Type: Article

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