Sleep, performance and behaviour in Australian indigenous and non-indigenous children: An exploratory comparison

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 10-16

  Blunden, Sarah ^a   Chervin, Ronald D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander; Children's development; Indigenous; Problematic behaviour; School performance; Sleep problems

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT SWEAT; PARASOMNIA; PERFORMANCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; SLEEP AROUSAL DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP;

EID: 76249130105     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01610.x     Document Type: Article

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