Variations of melatonin and stress hormones under extended shifts and radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-161

  Vangelova, Katia Koicheva ^a   Israel, Mishel Salvador ^a  

^a National Center of Public Health Protection Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

6 Sulphathoxymelatonin; Adrenaline; Cortisol; Fast rotating shifts; High frequency EMR exposure; Noradrenaline

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; ADRENALIN; HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EXCRETION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION; STRESS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 23644450719     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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