The relationship between alertness and sleep in a population of 769 elderly insomniacs with and without treatment with zolpidem

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-173

  Leger, Damien ^a   Scheuermaier, Karine ^a   Roger, Michel ^b  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^b Rhumatologie Geriatrie Grp H   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Alertness; Insomnia; Zolpidem

Indexed keywords

ZOLPIDEM;

AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME;

EID: 0032887113     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(99)00030-8     Document Type: Article

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