Gender differences in insomnia and the role of paid work and family responsibilities.
Purpose: A higher prevalence of insomnia in females has been consistently demonstrated across countries and cultures. The aim of this study was to clarify whether gender differences in insomnia could be explained by gender differences in paid work and family responsibilities.Methods: Participants we...
| Publicado en: | Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 651 - 663 |
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Springer Nature
Apr2012
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