Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 153-162 , April 2008

Caffeine: Sleep and daytime sleepiness

  • Timothy Roehrs

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders and Research Center, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W Grand Blvd, CFP-3, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Sleep Disorders and Research Center, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W Grand Blvd, CFP-3, Detroit, MI 48202, USA. Tel./fax: +13139165177.
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  • Thomas Roth

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders and Research Center, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W Grand Blvd, CFP-3, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

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doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2007.07.004

Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 153-162 , April 2008

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