Gender differences in approaches to self-management of poor sleep in later life

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 117-123

  Venn, Susan ^a   Meadows, Robert ^a   Arber, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Personalization'; Ageing; Healthicization; Medicalization; OTC treatments; Sleep; Sleep remedies; Sleeping medication; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SLEEP;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALIZATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84872777626     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.09.037     Document Type: Article

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