Delayed bedtime of nursery school children, caused by the obligatory nap, lasts during the elementary school period

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-134

  Fukuda, Kazuhiko ^a   Asaoka, Shoichi ^b  

^a FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Afternoon nap; Elementary school period; Ex kindergarteners; Ex nursery school children; Malfunctioning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; NURSERY SCHOOL; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP PATTERN;

EID: 23444435458     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2004.00129.x     Document Type: Article

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