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Effects of saliva collection using cotton swabs on melatonin enzyme immunoassay

BACKGROUND: Although various acceptable and easy-to-use devices have been used for saliva collection, cotton swabs are among the most common ones. Previous studies reported that cotton swabs yield a lower level of melatonin detection. However, this statistical method is not adequate for detecting an...

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Autores principales: Kozaki, Tomoaki, Lee, Soomin, Nishimura, Takayuki, Katsuura, Tetsuo, Yasukouchi, Akira
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3024305/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21219623
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1740-3391-9-1