Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 119-132 , April 2004

How do sleep disturbance and chronic pain inter-relate? Insights from the longitudinal and cognitive-behavioral clinical trials literature

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Sleep Medicine Reviews
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