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Melatonin: hormone of the night

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Trevor R. Norman
Trevor R. Norman*
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg 3084, Victoria, Australia
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Associate Professor Trevor R. Norman Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg 3084, Victoria, Australia. Tel: +61 3 94965511; Fax: +61 3 9459 0821; E-mail: trevorrn@unimelb.edu.au
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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 21 , Issue 5 , October 2009 , pp. 263 - 265
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Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons A/S

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