Trends in self-reported sleep duration and insomnia-related symptoms in Finland from 1972 to 2005: A comparative review and re-analysis of Finnish population samples

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-62

  Kronholm, Erkki ^a   Partonen, Timo ^a   Laatikainen, Tiina ^a   Peltonen, Markku ^a   Härmä, Mikko ^b   Hublin, Christer ^b   Kaprio, Jaako ^a,c   Aro, Arja R ^d   Partinen, Markku ^e   Fogelholm, Mikael ^f   Valve, Raisa ^c   Vahtera, Jussi ^b   Oksanen, Tuula ^b   Kivimäki, Mika ^b,g   Koskenvuo, Markku ^c   Sutela, Hanna ^h  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e Rinnekoti Foundation Finland   (Finland)

^f UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h Statistics Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Insomnia; Long term trends; Sleep problems; Sleep reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TWINS; WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39049168687     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2008.00627.x     Document Type: Article

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