Measuring serum melatonin in postmenopausal women: Implications for epidemiologic studies and breast cancer studies.

Circulating melatonin is a good candidate biomarker for studies of circadian rhythms and circadian disruption. However, epidemiologic studies on circulating melatonin are limited because melatonin is secreted at night, yet most epidemiologic studies collect blood during the day when melatonin levels...

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Main Authors: Lisa W Chu, Esther M John, Baiyu Yang, Allison W Kurian, Yasaman Zia, Kai Yu, Sue A Ingles, Frank Z Stanczyk, Ann W Hsing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5895067?pdf=render