Geomagnetic activity and human melatonin metabolite excretion

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 438, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-79

  Burch, James B ^a   Reif, John S ^b   Yost, Michael G ^c  

^a Cancer Prevention and Control Program   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

6 Hydroxymelatonin sulfate; Geomagnetic; K index; Pineal

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN SULFATE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PINEAL GLAND; RADIATION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 43749124841     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.04.031     Document Type: Article

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