Association between light exposure at night and insomnia in the general elderly population: The HEIJO-KYO cohort

Chronobiology International

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 976-982

  Obayashi, Kenji ^a   Saeki, Keigo ^a   Kurumatani, Norio ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Circadian rhythms; Insomnia; Light at night; Melatonin; Sleep quality

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; AGE; AGED; BODY MASS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIGRAPHY; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 84911969894     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2014.937491     Document Type: Article

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