History of the development of sleep medicine in the United States.
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Sleep Medicine has only recently been recognized as a specialty of medicine. Its development is based on an increasing amount of knowledge concerning the physiology of sleep, circadian biology and the pathophysiology of sleep disorders. This review chronicles the major advances in sleep science over the past 70 years and the development of the primary organizations responsible for the emergence of Sleep Medicine as a specialty, sleep disorders as a public health concern and sleep science as an important area of research.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
دوره 1 1 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2005