The impact of daytime naps en the relation between sleep duration and cardiovascular events

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 717-

  Chang, En Ting ^a  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; STROKE; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 65249086921     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.29     Document Type: Letter

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