Weekly variation in sleep patterns: Estimates of validity in Japanese schoolchildren

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 80-85

  Gaina, Alexandru ^a,b   Sekine, Michikazu ^a   Chen, Xiaoli ^a   Hamanishi, Shimako ^a   Kagamimori, Sadanobu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b TOYAMA MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Questionnaire and diary survey; Schoolchildren; Sleep pattern; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; SLEEP PATTERN; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 27844596866     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2005.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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