Dismantling the bidirectional relationship between paediatric sleep and anxiety

Clinical Psychologist

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-56

  Leahy, Erin ^a   Gradisar, Michael ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

adolescent; anxiety; child; paediatric; sleep related problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858684408     PISSN: 13284207     EISSN: 17429552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-9552.2012.00039.x     Document Type: Review

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