The effects of evening light exposure on the sleep of elderly women expressing sleep complaints

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-114

  Cooke, Kristin M ^a   Kreydatus, Mark A ^a   Atherton, Andy ^a   Thoman, Evelyn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly sleep; Light sleep; Sleep light

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NIGHT; PHOTOTHERAPY; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PHOTOTHERAPY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 0031892912     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018719722614     Document Type: Article

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