Sleep and morningness-eveningness in the 'middle' years of life (20-59 y)

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 230-237

  Carrier, Julie ^a   Monk, Timothy H ^a   Buysse, Daniel J ^a   Kupfer, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Chronotype; Circadian rhythms; Middle age; Morningness eveningness; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALERTNESS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP TIME; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

EID: 0031438932     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.1997.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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