The relationship between daytime exposure to light and night-time sleep in 6-12-week-old infants

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 345-352

  Harrison, Yvonne ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colic; Crying; Infant; Light; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRYING; FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MONITORING; NIGHT SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME;

ANKLE; ANXIETY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRYING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LIGHT; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 10344247747     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2004.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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