Sleep budgets in a globalizing world: Biocultural interactions influence sleep sufficiency among Egyptian families

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-39

  Worthman, Carol M ^a   Brown, Ryan A ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aging; Child development; Egypt; Insomnia; Pediatric sleep; Sleep ecology; Time use diary

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AGING; CULTURAL RELATIONS; GENDER RELATIONS; LIFESTYLE; SLEEP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COSLEEPING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NAPPING; NIGHT SLEEP; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP SUFFICIENCY; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EGYPT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

CAIRO [EGYPT]; EGYPT;

EID: 84872770884     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.048     Document Type: Article

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