The effects of short daytime naps for five consecutive days

Sleep Research Online

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-17

  Hayashi, Mitsuo ^a   Fukushima, Hirokazu ^a   Hori, Tadao ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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ADULT; ARTICLE; BED; CHAIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; SITTING; SLEEP INDUCTION; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOMNOLENCE; SUNLIGHT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

EID: 0344213713     PISSN: 1096214X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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