Sleep as a mediator of the relationship between socioeconomic status and health: A hypothesis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 896, Issue , 1999, Pages 254-261

  Van Cauter, Eve ^a   Spiegel, Karine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE;

AGING; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0033398445     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08120.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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