The complexities of defining optimal sleep: Empirical and theoretical considerations with a special emphasis on children

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 371-378

  Blunden, Sarah ^a   Galland, Barbara ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Functioning; Pediatrics; Sleep; Sleep debt; Sleep need

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RACE; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE; ADULT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SLEEP MEDICINE; SLEEP STAGE; STANDARDS; TIME;

ADULT; CHILD; FATIGUE; HUMANS; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP MEDICINE SPECIALTY; SLEEP STAGES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84926182591     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: 15322955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2014.01.002     Document Type: Review

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