Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 9 , Pages 894-908 , September 2009

Sleep in Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Meta-Analysis of Subjective and Objective Studies

,Accepted 20 April 2009.

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 This article was reviewed under and accepted by Ad Hoc Editor Garry Walter, M.D., Ph.D.The authors thank Drs. R. Gruber, R. Kirov, S. Mayes, and S. Miano for having provided supplemental data from their studies to be included in the present meta-analysis.This article is the subject of an editorial by Dr. Eric Taylor in this issue.

PII: S0890-8567(09)60145-3

doi: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e3181ac09c9

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Volume 48, Issue 9 , Pages 894-908 , September 2009

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