Major sleep disorders among women: (Women's health series)

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 470-478

  Tamanna, Sadeka ^a   Geraci, Stephen A ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Insomnia; Obstructive sleep apnea; Restless leg syndrome; Sleep disorders; Women

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBIDOPA; CLONAZEPAM; CLONIDINE; ESTROGEN; ESZOPICLONE; GABAPENTIN; GESTAGEN; GHRELIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; IRON; LEVODOPA; MELATONIN RECEPTOR AGONIST; OPIATE; PLACEBO; PRAMIPEXOLE; PREGABALIN; ROPINIROLE; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZALEPLON; ZOLPIDEM;

ANXIETY; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEPRESSION; DEVICE THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCREASED APPETITE; INSOMNIA; MEMORY DISORDER; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP HYGIENE; SLEEP TIME; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84882380850     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3182a15af5     Document Type: Review

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