A survey of sleeping difficulties in an urban Latin American population;Encuesta sobre dificultades del sueño en una población urbana Latinoamericana

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-119

  Blanco, Margarita ^a   Kriber, N ^b   Cardinali, D P ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FRANCÉS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Drowsiness; Insomnia; Latin America; Sleep disorders; Sleep surveys

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STRESS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 4344623512     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3902.2003649     Document Type: Article

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