Cross-cultural epidemiology of daytime sleepiness: Universality, diversity and definition issues

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 164-166

  Wing, Y K ^a   Chen, L ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; JAPAN; KOREA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SNORING; SOCIAL ASPECT;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DYSSOMNIAS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 60849114410     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.06.002     Document Type: Editorial

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