Sleep problems as a risk factor for falls in a sample of community-dwelling adults aged 64-99 years

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1234-1240

  Brassington, Glenn S ^a   King, Abby C ^a   Bliwise, Donald L ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Insomnia; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE; STRESS; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SLEEP DISORDERS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0033769751     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb02596.x     Document Type: Article

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