Nightmares in relation to sleep and sensory organ functions in the elderly

Sleep and Hypnosis

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Asplund, Ragnar ^a,b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Jamtland County Council   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hearing impairment; Nightmares; Sleep; Tinnitus; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NIGHT SLEEP; NIGHTMARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSE ORGAN; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME; TINNITUS; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 2942511431     PISSN: 13021192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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