Effect of fasting during Ramadan on sleep architecture, daytime sleepiness and sleep pattern

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-143

  Bahammam, Ahmed ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fasting; Melatonin; Ramadan; Sleep

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIET RESTRICTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; NIGHT SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RELIGION; REM SLEEP; SALIVA LEVEL; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 19044398170     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2004.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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