Comparisons of the sleep quality, daytime sleepiness, and sleep cognitions of Caucasian Australians and Zimbabwean and Ghanaian black immigrants

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-93

  Clever, McLytton N ^a   Bruck, Dorothy ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beliefs about sleep; Daytime functioning; Ethnicity; Sleep; Sleep quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877914747     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0081246312474417     Document Type: Review

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