Sleep disorders in the elderly

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 96-104

  Flamer, H E ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BROMOCRIPTINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CODEINE; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LEVODOPA; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; MELATONIN; NITRAZEPAM; OPIATE; OXAZEPAM; QUININE; TEMAZEPAM; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ZOPICLONE;

AGE; AGED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG USE; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MYOCLONUS; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SEDATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 0029918980     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1996.tb02913.x     Document Type: Review

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