Sleep Patterns, Sleep Disturbances, and Associated Factors Among Chinese Urban Kindergarten Children

Behavioral Sleep Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 100-117

  Liu, Zhijun ^a,b   Wang, Guanghai ^c,d   Geng, Li ^e   Luo, Junna ^e   Li, Ningxiu ^a   Owens, Judith ^d  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZUNYI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Shijiazhuang Preschool Teachers College   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CHINA; COMPLICATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEER GROUP; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKINESIS; MALE; PARENTING; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84954400977     PISSN: 15402002     EISSN: 15402010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15402002.2014.963581     Document Type: Article

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