Lack of major seasonal variations in self reported sleep-wake rhythms and chronotypes among middle aged and older people at 69 degrees North: The Tromsø Study

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 140-148

  Johnsen, May Trude ^a   Wynn, Rolf ^a,b   Allebrandt, Karla ^c   Bratlid, Trond ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronotypes; Eveningness; Morningness; Polar day; Polar night; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUMMER; WINTER;

ADULT; AGED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PHOTOPERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM;

EID: 84873525087     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2012.10.014     Document Type: Article

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