Socio-economic risk factors for incident restless legs syndrome in the general population

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 561-568

  Szentkiralyi, Andras ^a,b   Fendrich, Konstanze ^c,d   Hoffmann, Wolfgang ^c,d   Happe, Svenja ^e   Berger, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cohort study; General population; Restless legs syndrome; Risk factors; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SHIFT WORKER; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84866763734     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2012.01001.x     Document Type: Article

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