Low melatonin secretion associates with albedo in circumpolar environments

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 158-162

  Leppäluoto, Juhani ^a   Sikkilä, Kirsti ^a   Meyer Rochow, Victor Benno ^b   Hassi, Juhani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diurnal; Seasonal; Solar irradiance; Temperature; Urinary melatonin

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; SNOW;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EYE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; LIGHT REFRACTION; LUMINANCE; MALE; MELATONIN SECRETION; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; URINALYSIS;

FINLAND; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; MELATONIN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 18544392999     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-079X.2003.00069.x     Document Type: Article

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