Nightmares: Prevalence among the finnish general adult population and war veterans during 1972-2007

Sleep

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1041-1050

  Sandman, Nils ^a,b   Valli, Katja ^b,c   Kronholm, Erkki ^a   Ollila, Hanna M ^a   Revonsuo, Antti ^b,c   Laatikainen, Tiina ^a,d   Paunio, Tiina ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adult; Epidemiology; General population; Nightmare; Sex differences; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHTMARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VETERAN; WAR;

EID: 84879612692     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.2806     Document Type: Article

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