Sleep and sensory organ functions in the elderly

Sleep and Hypnosis

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 68-76

  Asplund, Ragnar ^a,b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Jamtland County Council   (Sweden)

^c Jämtland County Council ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hearing impairment; Sleep; Tinnitus; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DETERIORATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENDER; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TINNITUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 30444436723     PISSN: 13021192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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