Prevalene of insomia compliants and its consequences in Kuwaiti college students

Sleep and Hypnosis

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 54-60

  Abdel Khalek, Ahmed M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

College students; Epidemiology; Insomia compliants; Kuwait; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 33846959155     PISSN: 13021192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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