Gender Differences in Sleep During the Aftermath of Trauma and the Development of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Behavioral Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 180-190

  Kobayashi, Ihori ^a   Mellman, Thomas A ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INSOMNIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84863516536     PISSN: 15402002     EISSN: 15402010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15402002.2011.654296     Document Type: Article

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