High prevalence of sleep problems in school- and preschool-aged children in Tehran: A population based study

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-52

  Amintehran, Ebarhim ^a   Ghalehbaghi, Babak ^a   Asghari, Alimohammad ^a   Jalilolghadr, Shabnam ^b   Ahmadvand, Alireza ^c   Foroughi, Forough ^d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bears questionnaire; Children; Pediatric sleep; School; Sleep complaints

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEDTIME PROBLEMS EXCESSIVE SLEEPINESS AWAKENINGS DURING THE NIGHT REGULARITY OF SLEEP SNORING QUESTIONNAIRE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP TIME;

EID: 84872240242     PISSN: 10184406     EISSN: 20082150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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