Creating an Optimal Sleep Environment

Encyclopedia of Sleep

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 72-76

  Pigeon, W R ^a,b   Grandner, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral factors; Cognitive factors; Environmental factors; Light; Sleep environment; Sleep hygiene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958148310     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-378610-4.00022-X     Document Type: Chapter

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