Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 10 , Pages 1118-1123 , December 2009

Does mental health history explain gender disparities in insomnia symptoms among young adults?

  • Lauren Hale

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    • Stony Brook University, Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8338, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 631 444 1007; fax: +1 631 444 3480.
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  • D. Phuong Do

      Affiliations

    • University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, United States
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  • Ricardo Basurto-Davila

      Affiliations

    • RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138, United States
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  • Melonie Heron

      Affiliations

    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD 20782, United States
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  • Brian K. Finch

      Affiliations

    • San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-4423, United States
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  • Tamara Dubowitz

      Affiliations

    • RAND Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
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  • Nicole Lurie

      Affiliations

    • RAND Corporation, Arlington, VA 22202-5050, United States
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  • Chloe E. Bird

      Affiliations

    • RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138, United States

Received 1 August 2008 ,Revised 8 December 2008 ,Accepted 10 December 2008.

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