Prevalence and correlates of frequent nightmares: A community-based 2-phase study

Sleep

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 774-780

  Li, Shirley Xin ^a   Zhang, Bin ^b   Li, Albert Martin ^a   Wing, Yun Kwok ^a  

^a Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^b GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Nightmare; Personality; Psychopathology; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COMORBIDITY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCOME; INSOMNIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROSIS; NIGHTMARE; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

EID: 77953144987     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/33.6.774     Document Type: Article

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