Self-reported sleep duration and falls in older adults

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1 PART I, 2011, Pages 21-27

  Mesas, Arthur Eumann ^a   López García, Esther ^a   Rodríguez Artalejo, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Older adults; Sleep duration; Sleep quality

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SELF CONCEPT; SEX; SLEEP; SPAIN; STRATIFIED SAMPLE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 79751498841     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2010.00867.x     Document Type: Article

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