Recognition of sleep paralysis among normal adults in Canada and in Japan

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 292-293

  Fukuda, Kazuhiko ^a   Ogilvie, Robert D ^b   Takeuchi, Tomoka ^b,c  

^a FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canada; Japan; Normal adults; Recognition; Sleep paralysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIGION; SELF EVALUATION; SLEEP; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; CANADA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DREAMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SLEEP PARALYSIS; STUDENTS;

EID: 0033920980     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2000.00683.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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