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Proper Sleep During Pregnancy for Mental Health of Newborn: An Evidence Based Appeal to Policy Makers

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In this letter to the editor/correspondence, the aim was to draw attention towards prevailing sleep loss during peri-partum in the present society that has serious consequences on the cognitive development of children. Recent research has provided several evidences for it and this issue is a big challenge of wider consideration and interest.

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Acknowledgements

The research grants from the Cognitive Science Research Initiation program of the Department of Science and Technology, India (SR/CSI/110/2012 and SR/CSRI/102/2014), to KKG and VMK is acknowledged.

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  1. Division of Sleep Research, Biomedical Technology Wing, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, 695012, India

    Kamalesh K. Gulia

  2. Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India

    Velayudhan Mohan Kumar

  3. Former Emeritus Scientist of Indian Council of Medical Research, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, 695012, India

    Velayudhan Mohan Kumar

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Gulia, K.K., Kumar, V.M. Proper Sleep During Pregnancy for Mental Health of Newborn: An Evidence Based Appeal to Policy Makers. Sleep Vigilance 2, 97–98 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41782-018-0038-9

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