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Impact of Sleepiness and Sleep Deficiency on Public Health—Utility of Biomarkers
Author(s) -
Charles A. Czeisler
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of clinical sleep medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1550-9397
pISSN - 1550-9389
DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.1340
Subject(s) - sleep medicine , medicine , sleep (system call) , public health , psychiatry , sleep debt , gerontology , cognition , pediatrics , sleep disorder , pathology , operating system , computer science
Sleep disorders and sleep deficiency are important causes of adverse health effects and increased mortality in the United States and worldwide. Sleep deficiency can also result in myriad adverse behavioral consequences, including profound sleepiness, cognitive slowing, automatic behavior, attentional failures and performance degradation, errors, and accidents. It is important to recognize that sleepiness and sleep deficiency are not synonymous.

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