The effects of age upon some aspects of lifestyle and implications for studies on circadian rhythmicity

Age and Ageing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-72

  Minors, David ^a   Atkinson, Greg ^b   Bent, Nuala ^a   Rabbitt, Patrick ^a   Waterhouse, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged subjects; Circadian rhythms; Lifestyle; Longitudinal study; Sleep

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0031983047     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/27.1.67     Document Type: Article

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