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Basic Principles of Human Circadian Rhythms

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Temporal Variations of the Cardiovascular System

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Virtually all variables that can be measured in living organisms, both physiological and psychical, undergo daily rhythms, that is, they show one maximum value and one minimum value over a 24-h period; only in rare cases may a variable show two nearly equivalent extreme values per day.

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  1. R. A. Wever
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  1. Präventiv- und Verhaltensmedizin Abteilung für Epidemiologie und Sozialmedizin, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Konstanty-Gutschow-Straße 8, 3000, Hannover 61, Germany

    Thomas F. H. Schmidt

  2. Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, Laboratory of Behavioral Sciences, 4940 Eastern Avenue, 21224, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Bernard T. Engel

  3. Klinik Roderbirken, 5653, Leichlingen/Rhld. 1, Germany

    Gerhard Blümchen

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Wever, R.A. (1992). Basic Principles of Human Circadian Rhythms. In: Schmidt, T.F.H., Engel, B.T., Blümchen, G. (eds) Temporal Variations of the Cardiovascular System. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02748-6_2

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