The relationship between insomnia and mortality among community-dwelling older women

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1270-1273

  Althuis, Michelle D ^a   Fredman, Lisa ^a   Langenberg, Patricia W ^a   Magaziner, Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031717340     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb04544.x     Document Type: Article

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