Sleep Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 6 , Pages 486-497 , September 2006

Subjective and objective measures of insomnia in the context of traumatic brain injury: A preliminary study

  • Marie-Christine Ouellet

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Hopital de l'Enfant-Jesus du CHA Pavillon Notre-Dame, Recherche en traumatologie et medecine d'urgence, Local H-041, 1401, 18e Rue, Que., Canada G1J 1Z4. Tel.: +1 418 649 0252x6064; fax: +1 418 649 5733.
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  • Charles M. Morin

Received 16 March 2005 ,Revised 14 March 2006 ,Accepted 15 March 2006.

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☆ Preparation of this article was supported by a scholarship awarded to the first author by the Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec.

PII: S1389-9457(06)00108-0

doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2006.03.017

Sleep Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 6 , Pages 486-497 , September 2006

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