Sleep in women across the life cycle from adulthood through menopause

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-177

  Moline, Margaret L ^a,b   Broch, Lauren ^a   Zak, Rochelle ^a   Gross, Veronica ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Menopause; Menstrual cycle; Postpartum; Pregnancy; Premenstrual syndrome; Sleep; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

BREATHING DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METHODOLOGY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SLEEP;

EID: 0037375511     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/smrv.2001.0228     Document Type: Review

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