The Promise of Sleep: The Scientific Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep
- ISBN-10
- 0330354604
- ISBN-13
- 9780330354608
- Series
- The Promise of Sleep
- Category
- Sleep.
- Pages
- 483
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-01-01
- Authors
- William C. Dement, Christopher C. Vaughan
Description
Loss of sleep saps our ability to experience pleasure, cuts down our productivity and puts our bodies in harm's way: 33per cent of traffic accidents are traceable to daytime sleepiness. This text is a wake-up call to us all about the importance of taking sleep seriously as the foundation for good health.
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- 2000-01-21
- 466 pages
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- 1999
- 542 pages
- Paperback
- Delacorte Press
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