Associations Between Sleep Problems and Attentional and Behavioral Functioning in Children With Anxiety Disorders and ADHD

Behavioral Sleep Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-68

  Hansen, Berit Hjelde ^a,b   Skirbekk, Benedicte ^a,c   Oerbeck, Beate ^a   Wentzel Larsen, Tore ^a,d   Kristensen, Hanne ^a,c  

^a Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c LOVISENBERG DIAKONALE HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies   (Norway)

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EID: 84890425550     PISSN: 15402002     EISSN: 15402010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15402002.2013.764525     Document Type: Article

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