Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 287-306 , July 2002

Sleepiness in children and adolescents: clinical implications

  • Gahan Fallone

      Affiliations

    • Chronobiology and Sleep Research Laboratory, E.P. Bradley Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, USA
    • Correspondence should be addressed to: Gahan Fallone, Bradley Sleep Research Laboratory, 1011 Veterans Memorial Pkwy., East Providence, RI, 02915, USA. gahan_fallone@brown.edu, web site: www.sleepforscience.org
    • ,
  • Judith A. Owens

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric and Ambulatory Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Brown Medical School, USA
    • ,
  • Jennifer Deane

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA

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