Beyond the usual suspects: Approaching sleep in elderly people

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-54

  Lesage, Suzanne ^a   Scharf, Steven M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC AGENT;

ACCELEROMETER; ACTIMETRY; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEPRESSION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDITORIAL; FALLING; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MOBILIZATION; NURSING HOME; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGING; HUMANS; SLEEP;

EID: 34047180581     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/62.1.53     Document Type: Editorial

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