Sleep behaviors and sleep quality in children with autism spectrum disorders

Sleep

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1566-1578

  Souders, Margaret C ^a   Mason, Thorton B A ^b   Valladares, Otto ^c   Bucan, Maja ^c   Levy, Susan E ^c   Mandell, David S ^c   Weaver, Terri E ^a   Pinto Martin, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Insomnia; Prevalence of sleep disturbances

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 73249145678     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/32.12.1566     Document Type: Article

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