Sleep during a regular week night: A twin-sibling study

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 538-545

  Boomsma, Dorret I ^a   Van Someren, Eus J W ^b,c   Beem, A Leo ^a   De Geus, Eco J C ^a   Willemsen, Gonneke ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Extended twin study; Heritability; Sex differences; Single night sleep; Sleep quality; Sleep timing

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COFFEE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; STRESS; TWINS;

ADULT; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 56749158480     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.11.5.538     Document Type: Article

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