Screen LibrarySleep : a very short introduction /
"This Very Short Introduction addresses the biological and psychological aspects of sleep, providing a basic understanding of what sleep is and how it is measured, a look at sleep through the human lifespan, and the causes and consequences of major sleep disorders"--Publisher's web si...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Very short introductions ;
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"This Very Short Introduction addresses the biological and psychological aspects of sleep, providing a basic understanding of what sleep is and how it is measured, a look at sleep through the human lifespan, and the causes and consequences of major sleep disorders"--Publisher's web site. |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | xvi, 146 pages : illustrations, forms ; 18 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780199587858 (paperback) : 019958785X (paperback) |
| Index Number: | QP425 |
| CLC: | R338.63 |
| Call Number: | R338.63/L816 |
| Contents: | Sleep through the ages -- Sleep generation and regeneration - a framework -- The sleeping brain -- The reasons for sleep -- The seven ages of sleep -- When sleep suffers -- Sleep and health -- Sleep and society -- The 24-hour society. |