Gender-specific association between self-reported sleep duration and falls in high-functioning older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 190-196

  Kuo, Hsu Ko ^a,b,c   Yang, Cheryl C H ^d   Yu, Yau Hua ^d   Tsai, Kang Ting ^e   Chen, Ching Yu ^c  

^a Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Falls; Sleep duration

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75649148220     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glp143     Document Type: Article

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