title: An open request to epidemiologists: please stop querying self-reported sleep duration.
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department, Massachusetts General Hospital, Wang 720, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: mtbianchi@partners.org.
authors.forename: Matt T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.affiliation: Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel, Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department, Massachusetts General Hospital, Wang 720, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: M Brandon
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Westover
mesh_terms: D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans; D017286:Polysomnography / Q000295:instrumentation; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards*; D057566:Self Report; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology