Sleep and menopause: A narrative review

Menopause

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 899-915

  Shaver, Joan L ^a   Woods, Nancy F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Menopause; Midlife women; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ESZOPICLONE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; ZOLPIDEM;

CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DEPRESSION; EMBASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MEDLINE; MENOPAUSE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; PSYCINFO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; WEB OF SCIENCE; ACTIMETRY; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SELF REPORT; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

ACTIGRAPHY; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 84938871070     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000499     Document Type: Review

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