Melatonin: What for?;La mélatonine, pour quoi faire?

Bulletin de l'Academie Nationale de Medecine

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 879-891

  Touitou, Yvan ^a   Swynghedauw, Bernard ^b   Philippon, Jacques ^b   Molina, Claude ^b   Réthoré, Marie Odile ^b   Lôo, Henri ^b   Battin, Jacques ^b   Hamon, Michel ^b  

^a ACADÉMIE NATIONALE DE MÉDECINE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aging : work schedule tolerance; Circadian rhythm; Melatonin; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

EID: 29544446974     PISSN: 00014079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-4079(19)33515-0     Document Type: Review

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