Socio-economic differences in self-reported insomnia and stress in Finland from 1979 to 2002: A population-based repeated cross-sectional survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Talala, Kirsi M ^a   Martelin, Tuija P ^a   Haukkala, Ari H ^b   Härkänen, Tommi T ^a   Prättälä, Ritva S ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Repeated cross sectional survey; Self reported insomnia; Self reported stress; Socio economic differences; Time trend

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84864816468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-650     Document Type: Review

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