Prevalence of insomnia in a survey of 12,778 adults in France

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-42

  Leger, Damien ^a   Guilleminault, Christian ^b   Dreyfus, Jean Pierre ^c   Delahaye, Chantal ^d   Paillard, Michel ^a  

^a Centre du Sommeil Hotel Dieu   (France)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SOFRES   (France)

^d SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Insomnia; Poor sleep; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 0034034324     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2869.2000.00178.x     Document Type: Article

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