Nocturnal interactions between community elders and caregivers, as measured by cross-correlation of their motor activity

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 168-173

  Pollak, Charles P ^a   Stokes, Peter E ^b   Wagner, Daniel R ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; SLEEP PATTERN; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031426758     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089198879701000408     Document Type: Article

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