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Sleep Duration From Infancy to Adolescence: Reference Values and Generational Trends

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Sleep Duration From Infancy to Adolescence: Reference Values and Generational Trends

Ivo Iglowstein, Oskar G. Jenni, Luciano Molinari, R. H. Largo · 2003 · PEDIATRICS

Children
About 500 children
Where
Zurich, Switzerland
Ages
Birth to 16 years
How
Parents' questionnaires as children grew
What it found
Nearly all children (96 in 100) still napped at 1½ years, and about a third still napped at 4.
Limits
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