Insomnia in the Older Adult

Sleep Medicine Clinics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 409-421

  Liu, Lianqi ^a,b   Ancoli Israel, Sonia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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EID: 51349155373     PISSN: 1556407X     EISSN: 15564088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2006.06.001     Document Type: Review

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