The Human Circadian Timing System and Sleep-Wake Regulation

Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 375-394

  Czeisler, Charles Andrew ^a,b   Buxton, Orfeu M ^a,b   Khalsa, Sat Bir Singh ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B0-72-160797-7/50038-0     Document Type: Chapter

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