Melatonin and sleep effects on health, behavior problems and parenting stress

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 165-171

  van Maanen, Annette ^a   Meijer, Anne Marie ^a   Smits, Marcel G ^b   Oort, Frans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b GELDERSE VALLEI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Differential effects; Melatonin; Sleep

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLFACTOMETER; PARENT; PARENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 79960379919     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2011.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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