A community-based investigation on restless legs syndrome in a town in China

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 342-345

  Li, Lan Hua ^a   Chen, Hui Bo ^a   Zhang, Li Ping ^a   Wang, Zeng Wu ^b   Wang, Chun Ping ^a  

^a WEIFANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WEIFANG PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

China; Correlation; Cross sectional study; Prevalence; Restless legs syndrome; Severity

Indexed keywords

ANISODAMINE; CALCIUM; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NICOTINIC ACID;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNITY; CONSULTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE TIME PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEX DIFFERENCE; VARICOSIS; WORK RELATED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859160939     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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