Alexithymia, depression and sleep disturbance symptoms [2]

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-65

  Kronholm, Erkki ^a   Partonen, Timo ^a   Salminen, Jouko K ^a   Mattila, Aino K ^b,c   Joukamaa, Matti ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEXITHYMIA; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LETTER; LIFE SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 37149013611     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000110063     Document Type: Letter

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