Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 446-456 , April 2009

Subjective and objective measures of sleep in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

  • Judith Owens

      Affiliations

    • Brown Medical School, Ambulatory Pediatrics, Potter 200, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 401 444 4239; fax: +1 401 444 6218.
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  • R. Bart Sangal

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Neurophysiology Services PC, Troy, MI, United States
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  • Virginia K. Sutton

      Affiliations

    • i3 Research, Cary, NC, United States
    • Dr. Sutton was a full-time employee of Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, when study was conducted and manuscript drafted.
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  • Rosalie Bakken

      Affiliations

    • Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, United States
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  • Albert J. Allen

      Affiliations

    • Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, United States
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  • Douglas Kelsey

      Affiliations

    • Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, United States

Received 30 October 2007 ,Revised 11 March 2008 ,Accepted 15 March 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.03.013

Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 446-456 , April 2009

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