Influence of light at night on melatonin suppression in children

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3298-3303

  Higuchi, Shigekazu ^a   Nagafuchi, Yuki ^a   Lee, Sang Il ^a   Harada, Tetsuo ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT INTENSITY; LUMINANCE; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; SALIVA LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; AGE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; ILLUMINATION; LENS; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; PUPIL; SALIVA; SECRETION (PROCESS); SLEEP DISORDERS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PINEAL GLAND; PUPIL; SALIVA; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 84907212921     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2014-1629     Document Type: Article

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