Are parents' working patterns associated with their child's sleep? An analysis of dual-parent families in Australia

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 100-108

  Magee, Christopher A ^a   Caputi, Peter ^a   Iverson, Don C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bedtimes; Child sleep; Non standard work hours; Parent work hours; Wake times

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; WORK; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 84859431867     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2011.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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