Sleep Environments of Young Children in Post-Industrial Societies

Sleep and Development: Familial and Socio-Cultural Considerations

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Burnham, Melissa M ^a   Gaylor, Erika E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Daytime sleep; Developmental systems theory; Industrialized nations; Nighttime sleep; Sleep environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921033767     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195395754.003.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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