Sleep disturbances and sleep deprivation are common in modern society. Increasingly populations have been subjected to a steady constant decline in the number of hours devoted to sleep, due to changes in a variety of environmental and social conditions. Through the application of epidemiological methods of investigation sleep deprivation has been shown to be associated with a variety of chronic conditions and health outcomes, detectable across the entire lifespan, from childhood to adulthood to older age. Sleep medicine is rapidly being recognised as a growing area of clinical medicine, affecting wide-ranging specialists including respiratory physicians, neurologists, cardiologists and psychiatrists. However, it also has huge implications in the fields of epidemiology, public health, and preventive medicine. This book summarises for the first time the epidemiological evidence linking sleep deprivation and disruption to several chronic conditions, and explores the public health implications with the view to developing preventive strategies. It will appeal to both preventive medicine specialists, sleep researchers, and clinicians involved in the various specialities that impact upon this growing field.About the seriesBy looking at public health issues from a unique condition-based approach, the innovative From Aetiology to Public Health series examines top public health issues from aetiology through to public health and prevention. Future titles in the seriesChronic Pain Epidemiology, edited by P Croft, F Blyth, and D van der WindtObesity Epidemiology, edited by D Crawford, R Jeffrey, K Ball, and J BrugRespiratory Epidemiology, edited by J Jaakkola, M Jaakkola, G Viegi, and M Eisner

Sleep, Health and Society: From Aetiology to Public Health (Epidemiology: From Aetiology to Public Health)

Medical Books

Lockley, Steven W.

Cappuccio, Francesco P.

Miller, Michelle A.

Medicine

Oxford University Press

<p>Why do we need sleep? What is sleep? What happens when we don't get enough? This Very Short Introduction addresses the biological and psychological aspects of sleep, providing a basic understanding of what sleep is and how it is measured, a look at sleep through the human lifespan, and the causes and consequences of major sleep disorders. The book describes dramatic breakthroughs in our knowledge of how sleep occurs, what it does, and what happens to our health if we do not have enough. The authors consider the impact of modern society, examining the relationship between sleep and our 24/7 culture.<br></p>

Sleep: A Very Short Introduction

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Foster, Russell G.

Diseases & Physical Ailments

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