The effect of psychosocial stress on sleep: A review of polysomnographic evidence

Behavioral Sleep Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 256-278

  Kim, Eui Joong ^a   Dimsdale, Joel E ^b  

^a Eulji University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 38449102696     PISSN: 15402002     EISSN: 15402010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15402000701557383     Document Type: Article

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