The siesta culture concept is not supported by the sleep habits of urban Mexican students

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-29

  Valencia Flores, Matilde ^a,d,g   Castaño, Violeta A ^a   Campos, Rosa M ^a   Rosenthal, León ^e   Resendiz, Montserrat ^a   Vergara, Patricia ^b   Aguilar Roblero, Raúl ^c   Ramos, Guillermo García ^d   Bliwise, Donald L ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^e HFH   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

College student; Cultural sleep habits; Napping; Siesta; Sleepiness; Snoring; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEXICO; NIGHT SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURE; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; SNORING; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0031979627     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2869.1998.00087.x     Document Type: Article

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