Genetic and environmental factors shape infant sleep patterns: A study of 18-month-old twins

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Brescianini, Sonia ^a   Volzone, Anna ^b   Fagnani, Corrado ^a   Patriarca, Valeria ^a   Grimaldi, Valentina ^c   Lanni, Roberta ^d   Serino, Laura ^e   Mastroiacovo, Pierpaolo ^f   Stazi, Maria Antonietta ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c ASL Roma B   (Italy)

^d ASL Roma E   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^f International Centre on Birth Defects   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetic epidemiology; Infants; Sleep; Twins

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY SLEEP; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NIGHT SLEEP; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME;

AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP STAGES; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 79955493856     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0858     Document Type: Article

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