Effect of melatonin on jet lag after long haul flights.
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Effect of melatonin on jet lag after long haul flights.
OBJECTIVE To determine whether doses of the pineal hormone melatonin alleviate jet lag. DESIGN Double blind, placebo controlled crossover trial. SETTING Long haul return flights from Auckland, New Zealand, to London and back. SUBJECTS Twenty volunteers with experience of transcontinental flights (eight women and 12 men aged 28 to 68). INTERVENTIONS Melatonin (or placebo) 5 mg three days...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.298.6675.705