Epidemiological study: Chronotype and daytime sleepiness before and during Ramadan

Therapie

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 567-572

  Taoudi Benchekroun, M ^a   Roky, R ^a   Toufiq, J ^b   Benaji, B ^a   Hakkou, F ^a  

^a HASSAN II UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b AR RAZI Hospital   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Chronotype; Daytime sleepiness; Epidemiology; Ramadan fasting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; CHRONOTROPISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIET RESTRICTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOMNOLENCE; TIME;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD HABITS; HABITS; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MOROCCO; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0033376695     PISSN: 00405957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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