Siesta and sleep patterns in a sample of adolescents in Greece

Pediatrics International

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 690-693

  Paraskakis, Emmanouil ^a   Ntouros, Thomas ^b   Ntokos, Michail ^c   Siavana, Ourania ^b   Bitsori, Maria ^a   Galanakis, Emmanouil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b General Hospital of Filiates   (Greece)

^c Health Centre of Paramythia   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Greece; Siesta; Sleep disturbances; Sleep habits

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DREAMING; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SCHOOLS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; STUDENTS;

EID: 52449103803     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02632.x     Document Type: Article

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