Mortality Associated With Sleep Duration and Insomnia
Archives of General PsychiatryPublished 1 February 2002
Daniel F. Kripke, Lawrence Garfinkel, Deborah L. Wingard, Melville R. Klauber, Matthew Marler
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Patients can be reassured that short sleep and insomnia seem associated with little risk distinct from comorbidities, and Slight risks associated with 8 or more hours of sleep and sleeping pill use need further study.
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Patients can be reassured that short sleep and insomnia seem associated with little risk distinct from comorbidities. Slight risks associated with 8 or more hours of sleep and sleeping pill use need further study. Causality is unproven.
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