Children's Sleep Deficits and Cognitive and Behavioral Adjustment

Sleep and Development: Familial and Socio-Cultural Considerations

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Staples, Angela D ^a   Bates, John E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Attention deficit disorder; Behavior problems; Children's sleep; Cognitive function; Learning; Sleep problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863429058     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195395754.003.0007     Document Type: Chapter

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