Restless legs syndrome: Relationship between prevalence and latitude

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1237-1245

  Koo, Brian B ^a,b,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Latitude; Prevalence; Restless legs syndrome

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GREECE; HUMAN; ICELAND; LATITUDE; NORTH AMERICA; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RISK FACTOR; TANZANIA; TOPOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

MELATONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMERICAS; ASIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOPERIOD; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS; TANZANIA; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877112133     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-011-0640-8     Document Type: Article

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