Epidemiological study on sleep habits and insomnia of new outpatients visiting general hospitals in Japan

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 515-522

  Ishigooka, Jun ^a   Suzuki, Makihiko ^b   Isawa, Shinano ^a   Muraoka, Hideo ^a   Murasaki, Mitsukuni ^a   Okawa, Masako ^c  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; General hospital; Insomnia; Sleep habits

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP; SLEEP TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 0032806688     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1999.00578.x     Document Type: Article

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