Sleep : a very short introduction / Steven W. Lockley and Russell G. Foster.
- Lockley, Steven W.
- Date:
- 2012
- Books
About this work
Description
"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.
Publication/Creation
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Physical description
xvi, 146 pages : black and white illustrations ; 18 cm.
Series
Contributors
Contents
Sleep through the ages -- Sleep generation and regeneration -- The sleeping brain -- The reasons for sleep -- The seven ages of sleep -- When sleep suffers -- Sleep and health -- Society and sleep -- The 24-hour society.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-140) and index.
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Where to find it
Location Status Medical CollectionWL108 2012L81sOpen shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780199587858
- 019958785X