Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 297-310 , August 2003

Clinical effects of sleep fragmentation versus sleep deprivation

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 Supported by the Dayton Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wright State University School of Medicine, and the Sleep–Wake Disorders Research Institute.

PII: S1087-0792(01)90245-X

doi: 10.1053/smrv.2001.0245

Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 297-310 , August 2003