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Editorial
. 2011 Dec;40(6):1431-7.
doi: 10.1093/ije/dyr203.

Sleep epidemiology--a rapidly growing field

Jane E Ferrie, Meena Kumari, Paula Salo, Archana Singh-Manoux, Mika Kivimäki
Editorial

Sleep epidemiology--a rapidly growing field

Jane E Ferrie et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2011 Dec.
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Figures

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Figure 1
Exposures AND Epidemiology 2000–2010
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Figure 2
Sleep/insomnia AND Epidemiology by year
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Figure 3
Sleep, inflammation, and cardiovascular disease outcomes (from reference[30] with permission)
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Figure 4
Meta-regression of the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by duration of follow-up according to type of sleep disturbance. The size of circles is proportional to the weight of the study. DIS, difficulty in initiating sleep; DMS, difficulty in maintaining sleep. Reference group is those free of the particular sleep problem. (from reference[39] with permission)
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Figure 5
Sleep becomes shorter with age (from reference[57] with permission)
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