Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 34, Issue 9 , Pages 1346-1354 , October 2009

Intra-individual variability in sleep duration and fragmentation: Associations with stress

  • Elizabeth J. Mezick

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychology, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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  • Karen A. Matthews

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychiatry, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3811 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States. Tel.: +1 412 648 7158; fax: +1 412 648 7160.
    • ,
  • Martica Hall

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychiatry, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    • ,
  • Thomas W. Kamarck

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychology, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    • ,
  • Daniel J. Buysse

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychiatry, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    • ,
  • Jane F. Owens

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychiatry, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    • ,
  • Steven E. Reis

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh, Cardiovascular Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Received 12 December 2008 ,Revised 3 April 2009 ,Accepted 7 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.04.005

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