Season of birth, gender, and social-cultural effects on sleep timing preferences in humans

Sleep

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 423-426

  Natale, Vincenzo ^a   Adan, Ana ^b   Fabbri, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Gender differences; Morningness eveningness; Season of birth; Sleep timing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MORNING EVENINGNESS QUESTIONNAIRE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPAIN; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 62549099528     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/32.3.423     Document Type: Article

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