Children's sleep: An interplay between culture and biology

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 204-216

  Jenni, Oskar G ^a,c   O'Connor, Bonnie B ^b,d  

^a E P BRADLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture, children, child development, child rearing; Sleep

Indexed keywords

BRAIN METABOLISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PARASOMNIA; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF CONTROL; SEX ROLE; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; WAKEFULNESS; ADOLESCENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; HISTORY; INFANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 17444371127     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0815B     Document Type: Review

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