Restless legs syndrome in blood donors

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-118

  Ulfberg, Jan ^a   Nyström, Birgitta ^a  

^a Avesta Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood donation; Headache; Iron deficiency; Restless legs; Sleep; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON INTAKE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD DONORS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 1542786689     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2003.09.010     Document Type: Article

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