Cold extremities and difficulties initiating sleep: Evidence of co-morbidity from a random sample of a Swiss urban population

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 420-426

  Kräuchi, Kurt ^a   Gasio, Paola Fontana ^a   Vollenweider, Stephanie ^a   Von Arb, Mariella ^a   Dubler, Barbara ^b   Orgül, Selim ^b   Flammer, Josef ^b   Stutz, Elisabeth Zemp ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY EYE CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cold hands and feet; Difficulties initiating sleep; Epidemiology; Thermal discomfort; Thermoregulation; Vasospastic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SLEEP; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD TEMPERATURE; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SWITZERLAND; URBAN POPULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57449099066     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2008.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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