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Article: Clinician's Guide to Pediatric Sleep Disorders.(Book review)
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- Respiratory Care
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- December 1, 2007
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Clinician's Guide to Pediatric Sleep Disorders. Mark A Richardson and Norman R Friedman, editors. New York: Informa Healthcare. 2007. Hard cover, illustrated, 348 pages, $169.95,
Sleep problems are extremely common during childhood, from infancy to adolescence. Unfortunately, despite the prevalence of sleep problems, childhood sleep disorders are often under-recognized and undiagnosed, despite being either preventable or treatable. According to information gathered from the National Sleep Foundation's Sleep in America polls, two thirds of young children experience at least one sleep problem at least a few nights per week, and greater than half of all adolescents ...