Nightmares and stress in children

Sleep and Hypnosis

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-25

  Schredl, Michael ^a   Biemelt, Jana ^a   Roos, Katharina ^a   Dünkel, Tanja ^a   Harris, Nora ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Nightmares; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 50049093290     PISSN: 13021192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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