Actigraphy-measured sleep characteristics and risk of falls in older women

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 1768-1775

  Stone, Katie L ^a   Ancoli Israel, Sonia ^b   Blackwell, Terri ^a   Ensrud, Kristine E ^c   Cauley, Jane A ^d   Redline, Susan ^e   Hillier, Teresa A ^f   Schneider, Jennifer ^a   Claman, David ^g   Cummings, Steven R ^a,g  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CLONAZEPAM; CLORAZEPATE; DIAZEPAM; FLURAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; TEMAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM;

ACTIMETRY; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REST; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 51649105459     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.168.16.1768     Document Type: Article

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