Sleep complaints among older general practice patients: Association with depression

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 520, 2005, Pages 864-866

  Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a   Pfaff, Jon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Depression; General practice; Insomnia; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SLEEP DISORDER;

AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 28044451337     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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