Sleep behaviour in a sample of preschool children in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 99-104

  Aishworiya, Ramkumar ^a   Chan, Pofun ^a   Kiing, Jennifer ^a   Chong, Shang Chee ^a   Laino, Armi G ^a   Tay, Stacey K H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Co sleeping; Sleep duration; Sleep resistance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED SHARING; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE; SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME;

EID: 84859350077     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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