Adolescent Sleep, School Start Times, and Teen Motor Vehicle Crashes
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Adolescent sleep, school start times, and teen motor vehicle crashes.
STUDY OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of delayed high-school start times on sleep and motor vehicle crashes. METHODS The sleep habits and motor vehicle crash rates of adolescents from a single, large, county-wide, school district were assessed by questionnaire before and after a 1-hour delay in school start times. RESULTS Average hours of nightly sleep increased and catch-up sleep on weeke...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1550-9389,1550-9397
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.27345