Family and Cultural Influences on Sleep Development

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 849-861

  Giannotti, Flavia ^a   Cortesi, Flavia ^a  

^a Campus Bio Medico University of Rome   (Italy)

Author keywords

Child; Culture; Development; Family; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEMPERAMENT; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FAMILY; HUMANS; INFANT; PARENTING; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 70349874789     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2009.04.003     Document Type: Review

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