Patterns in trouble sleeping among women at midlife: Results from a British prospective cohort study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 974-979

  Tom, S E ^a,b   Kuh, D ^b   Guralnik, J M ^a   Mishra, G D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; LIFE TABLE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SYMPTOM; WOMENS HEALTH;

FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 73249120800     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.079616     Document Type: Article

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