Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 457-463 , April 2009

Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children: Translation, cultural adaptation, and validation

  • Vanessa Ruotolo Ferreira

      Affiliations

    • Federal University of Sao Paulo, Department of Medicine and Department of Neurology, Brazil
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  • Luciane B.C. Carvalho

      Affiliations

    • Federal University of Sao Paulo, Department of Medicine and Department of Neurology, Brazil
    • ,
  • Fabiana Ruotolo

      Affiliations

    • Federal University of Sao Paulo, Department of Medicine and Department of Neurology, Brazil
    • ,
  • José Fausto de Morais

      Affiliations

    • Federal University of Sao Paulo, Department of Medicine, Brazil
    • ,
  • Lucila B.F. Prado

      Affiliations

    • Federal University of Sao Paulo, Department of Medicine and Department of Neurology, Brazil
    • ,
  • Gilmar F. Prado

      Affiliations

    • Federal University of Sao Paulo, Department of Medicine and Department of Neurology, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Rua Claudio Rossi, 394, São Paulo, SP, CEP 01547-000, Brazil. Tel./fax: +55 11 50816629.

Received 27 November 2007 ,Revised 5 March 2008 ,Accepted 24 March 2008.

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☆ The authors have no disclosure or financial support.

PII: S1389-9457(08)00104-4

doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.03.018

Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 457-463 , April 2009

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