Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 13-14 , January 2009

Physical activity, contact sports and quality of sleep: The good, the bad and the (possibly) ugly

  • Shaul Schreiber

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☆ Conflict of interest declared: None whatsoever.

PII: S1389-9457(08)00023-3

doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.02.003

Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 13-14 , January 2009

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