Circadian rhythms and sleep patterns in urban Greek couples

Biological Research for Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-48

  Lee, Kathryn A ^a   Beyene, Yewoubdar ^a   Paparrigopoulos, Thomas J ^b   Dikeos, Dimitris G ^b   Soldatos, Constantin R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Couples; Gender; Greek culture; Naps; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SLEEP; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; URBAN POPULATION; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SLEEP; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL VALUES; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WAKEFULNESS; WOMEN;

EID: 34250716467     PISSN: 10998004     EISSN: 15524175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099800407303742     Document Type: Article

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