Comparison between an African town and a neighbouring village shows delayed, but not decreased, sleep during the early stages of urbanisation

Abstract The well-established negative health outcomes of sleep deprivation, and the suggestion that availability of electricity may enable later bed times without compensating sleep extension in the morning, have stimulated interest in studying communities whose sleep pattern may resemble a pre-ind...

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Main Authors: Andrew D. Beale, Mario Pedrazzoli, Bruno da Silva B. Gonçalves, Felipe Beijamini, Núbia E. Duarte, Kieren J. Egan, Kristen L. Knutson, Malcolm von Schantz, Laura C. Roden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05712-3