Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 5, Issue 2 , Pages 155-179 , April 2001

How much sleep do we need?

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☆ Correspondence should be addressed to: Michele Ferrara, Ph.DDipartimento di Psicologia, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Via dei Marsi, 78; 00185 Rome, Italy. Fax: +39 06 44 51 667; E-mail: michele.ferrara@uniroma

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Sleep Medicine Reviews
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