Of mice and women: Light as a circadian stimulus in breast cancer research

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 375-383

  Bullough, John D ^a   Rea, Mark S ^a   Figueiro, Mariana G ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal studies; Breast cancer; Lighting; Melatonin suppression; Phase shifting

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ACCURACY; BREAST CANCER; CALIBRATION; CANCER RESEARCH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; LIGHT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOMETRY; REVIEW; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STIMULUS;

ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, ANIMAL; MELATONIN; MICE; MURIDAE; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33645504761     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-005-0574-1     Document Type: Review

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