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Daily illumination exposure and melatonin: influence of ophthalmic dysfunction and sleep duration

BACKGROUND: Ocular pathology lessens light's efficacy to maintain optimal circadian entrainment. We examined whether ophthalmic dysfunction explains unique variance in melatonin excretion of older adults over and above the variance explained by daily illumination, medical, and sociodemographic...

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Autores principales: Jean-Louis, Girardin, Kripke, Daniel F, Elliott, Jeffrey A, Zizi, Ferdinand, Wolintz, Arthur H, Lazzaro, Douglas R
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1325258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16321164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1740-3391-3-13