Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 5, Issue 6 , Pages 447-461 , December 2001

Cognitive and behavioural performance in children with sleep-related obstructive breathing disorders

  • S. Blunden

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Sleep Research, School of Psychology, University of South Australia
    • ,
  • K. Lushington

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Sleep Research, School of Psychology, University of South Australia
    • ,
  • D. Kennedy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, University of Adelaide, South Australia
    • Department of Pulmonary Medicine, The Women's and Children's Hospital, South Australia

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doi: 10.1053/smrv.2001.0165

Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 5, Issue 6 , Pages 447-461 , December 2001

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