Long sleep and mortality: Have we been chasing the wrong tail?

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 175-176

  Youngstedt, Shawn D ^a   Kripke, Daniel F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WELLBEING;

EID: 2642579117     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2004.03.001     Document Type: Letter

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