Gender differences in the sleep of middle-aged individuals

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 186-187

  Kobayashi, Riko ^a   Kohsaka, Masako ^b   Fukuda, Noriko ^c   Honma, Hiroshi ^a   Sakakibara, Satoshi ^b   Koyama, Tsukasa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Honazono Hospital   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Gender differences; Middle aged individuals; Polysomnography; Sleep wake patterns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REM SLEEP; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

EID: 0031805225     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1998.tb01021.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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