Sleep problems in midlife and beyond

Maturitas

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 224-232

  Polo Kantola, Päivi ^a,b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climacterium; Menopause; Midlife; Restless legs; Sleep; Sleep problems; Sleep disordered breathing; Woman

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; DIENOGEST PLUS ESTRADIOL VALERATE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE PLUS MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTRONE SULFATE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; PIPERAZINE; PROGESTERONE;

ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLIMACTERIUM; EPILEPSY; FATIGUE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PAIN; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; THERAPY EFFECT;

AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP DISORDERS, INTRINSIC; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 79951954621     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2010.12.009     Document Type: Review

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