A three-phase epidemiological study of short and long sleepers in a middle-aged Chinese population: Prevalence and characteristics

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 157-165

  Hao, Y L ^a   Zhang, B ^b   Jia, F J ^b   Li, X L ^b   Tang, Y ^b   Ren, Y Z ^c   Liu, W H ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Third People's Hospital of Zhongshan City   (China)

Author keywords

Characteristics; Chinese; Long sleeper; Prevalence; Short sleeper

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; NEUROSIS; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENT DISORDER; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SOCIOECONOMICS; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; SLEEP STAGE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SLEEP STAGES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84896486780     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/1414-431X20133430     Document Type: Article

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