Do perinatal photoperiods imprint human chronobiology? Suggestion for a study into the possible signature of light in the northern and Southern Hemispheres

Chronobiology International

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 371-372

  Erren, Thomas C ^a   Koch, Melissa S ^a   Groß, J Valérie ^a   Meyer Rochow, V Benno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS;

EID: 84858207488     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2012.659779     Document Type: Letter

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