Behaviorally Assessed Sleep and Susceptibility to the Common Cold

2015390 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Aric A. Prather · University of California, San Francisco

Denise Janicki‐Deverts · Carnegie Mellon University

Martica H. Hall · University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Sheldon Cohen · Carnegie Mellon University

Abstract

Shorter sleep duration, measured behaviorally using actigraphy prior to viral exposure, was associated with increased susceptibility to the common cold.

Topics & Keywords

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: SLEEP

Volume 38, Issue 9, pp. 1353-1359

DOI: 10.5665/sleep.4968

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