The adolescence sleep phase delay: Causes, consequences and possible interventions

Sleep Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-53

  Louzada, Fernando Mazzilli ^a   Da Silva, Adeline Gisele Teixeira ^a   Peixoto, Carina Aparecida Tardelli ^a   Menna Barreto, Luiz ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Excessive daily sleepiness; Phase delay; School performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857270926     PISSN: 19840659     EISSN: 19840063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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