Incidence and remission of insomnia among elderly adults: An epidemiologic study of 6,800 persons over three years

Sleep

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages

  Foley, Daniel J ^a   Monjan, Andrew ^b   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^b   Wallace, Robert B ^b   Blazer, Dan G ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Depression; Epidemiology; Incidence; Insomnia; Longitudina

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSOMNIA; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; WIDOW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033136615     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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