Relationship between gender role, anger expression, thermal discomfort and sleep onset latency in women

BioPsychoSocial Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  von Arb, Mariella ^a   Gompper, Britta ^a   Meyer, Andrea H ^b   Stutz, Elisabeth Z ^c   Orgül, Selim ^d   Flammer, Josef ^d   Kräuchi, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY EYE CLINIC   (Switzerland)

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EID: 77954660150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17510759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0759-3-11     Document Type: Article

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