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Sleep, health and society : From Aetiology to Public Health / Francesco P. Cappuccio, Michelle A. Miller, Steven W. Lockley, and Shantha M.W. Rajaratnam.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Cappuccio, Francesco, editor.
Miller, Michelle A. (Physician), editor.
Lockley, Steven W., editor.
Rajaratnam, Shantha M. W., editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Sleep--Health aspects.
Sleep.
Sleep deprivation.
Physical Description:
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Edition:
Second edition.
Place of Publication:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Summary:
This volume provides a preventive medicine approach to sleep medicine, looking at the epidemiological evidence that sleep deprivation and disturbance is linked to ill health, and exploring the public health implications with a view to developing preventive strategies.
Contents:
Sleep, health, and society : the contribution of epidemiology
Principles of sleep-wake regulation
The function of sleep
Sleep and cognition
An overview of sleep-wake circuitry : circuit nodes, pathways, and transmitters
The genetics of sleep
Sleep disorders : types and approach to evaluation
Sleep and cardio-metabolic disease
Sleep and respiratory disorders
Sleep and neurological disorders
Sleep and epilepsy
chicken or egg?
Sleep, inflammation, and disease
Sleep and pregnancy
Sleep in children : a permanently evolving set of challenges
Loss of sleep or loss of dark? (Answer: both are threats to optimum health)
Circadian rhythms, sleep, and anti-cancer treatments
Sleep and pain
Sleep in western culture : a historical perspective
The sociology of sleep
Sleep and shift work
Drowsy driving
Sleep, work hours, and medical performance
The built environment and sleep
Adolescent sleep and later school start times
Sleep, law, and public policy
Narcolepsy : living with a sleep disorder."Sleep disturbances and sleep deprivation are increasingly common in modern society. Epidemiological methods of investigation have shown that sleep deprivation is associated with a variety of chronic conditions and health outcomes. Sleep medicine is a rapidly growing field of clinical research, affecting people across their lifespan. Relevant to a wide range of specialties including respiratory medicine, neurology, cardiology, and psychiatry, sleep also has a significant impact on the study of epidemiology, public health, and preventive medicine. Sleep, Health, and Society presents epidemiological evidence linking sleep deprivation and disruption to several chronic conditions, and explores the public health implications with the view to developing preventive strategies.
Notes:
This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 9, 2018).
ISBN:
0-19-108410-7
0-19-182375-9

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