Sleep problems in the aged in relation to senility

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 190-192

  Kayukawa, Yuhei ^a   Kogawa, Susumu ^b   Tadano, Fumimoto ^c   Imai, Makoto ^d   Hayakawa, Toshiji ^e   Ohta, Tatsuro ^a   Nakagawa, Takeo ^f   Shibayama, Hiroto ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Department of Psychiatry   (Japan)

^c Psychiatric Treatment Center   (Japan)

^d Kitabayashi Hospital   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Excessive daytime sleepiness; Senility; Sleep complaints; Stratified random sampling

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SENILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 0031860595     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1998.tb01024.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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