Napping

Sleep: A Comprehensive Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 197-201

  Takahashi, Masaya ^a   Kaida, Kosuke ^a  

^a NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Function of napping; Nighttime naps; Sleep inertia following napping

Indexed keywords

EID: 64849111451     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0471751723.ch27     Document Type: Chapter

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