Sleep and circadian rhythms in spousally bereaved seniors

Chronobiology International

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-98

  Monk, Timothy H ^a,b   Begley, Amy E ^a   Billy, Bart D ^a   Fletcher, Mary E ^a   Germain, Anne ^a   Mazumdar, Sati ^a   Moul, Douglas E ^a   Shear, M Katherine ^a   Thompson, Wesley K ^a   Zarotney, Joette R ^a  

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

^b WPIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Circadian rhythms; Sleep; Widow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORE TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RATING SCALE; REM SLEEP; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP STAGE; SPOUSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP; SPOUSES;

EID: 39749175550     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07420520801909320     Document Type: Article

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