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Characterizing sleeping habits and disturbances among Saudi adults

Mohamad A. Al-Tannir, Samer Y. Kobrosly, Ahmad H. Al-Badr, Nourhan A. Salloum, Youssef M. Altannir and Husam M. Sakkijha
Saudi Medical Journal December 2016, 37 (12) 1372-1380; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.12.17373
Mohamad A. Al-Tannir
From the Research Center (Al-Tannir MA, Ab-Badr, Salloum), King Fahad Medical City, Al-Faisal University (Altannir YM), the Pulmonary and Critical Care Department (Sakkijha), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Walden University (Kobrosly), Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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Samer Y. Kobrosly
From the Research Center (Al-Tannir MA, Ab-Badr, Salloum), King Fahad Medical City, Al-Faisal University (Altannir YM), the Pulmonary and Critical Care Department (Sakkijha), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Walden University (Kobrosly), Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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Ahmad H. Al-Badr
From the Research Center (Al-Tannir MA, Ab-Badr, Salloum), King Fahad Medical City, Al-Faisal University (Altannir YM), the Pulmonary and Critical Care Department (Sakkijha), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Walden University (Kobrosly), Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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Nourhan A. Salloum
From the Research Center (Al-Tannir MA, Ab-Badr, Salloum), King Fahad Medical City, Al-Faisal University (Altannir YM), the Pulmonary and Critical Care Department (Sakkijha), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Walden University (Kobrosly), Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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Youssef M. Altannir
From the Research Center (Al-Tannir MA, Ab-Badr, Salloum), King Fahad Medical City, Al-Faisal University (Altannir YM), the Pulmonary and Critical Care Department (Sakkijha), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Walden University (Kobrosly), Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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Husam M. Sakkijha
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vol. 37 no. 12 1372-1380
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.12.17373
PubMed 
27874154

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received August 21, 2016
  • Accepted October 10, 2016
  • Published online December 1, 2016.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Information

  1. Mohamad A. Al-Tannir, DMD, MPH⇑,
  2. Samer Y. Kobrosly, BSc,
  3. Ahmad H. Al-Badr, MD,
  4. Nourhan A. Salloum, BSc, MBA,
  5. Youssef M. Altannir, Student Medical and
  6. Husam M. Sakkijha, MD
  1. From the Research Center (Al-Tannir MA, Ab-Badr, Salloum), King Fahad Medical City, Al-Faisal University (Altannir YM), the Pulmonary and Critical Care Department (Sakkijha), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Walden University (Kobrosly), Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Mohamad Al-Tannir, Clinical and Translational Research Department, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: maltannir{at}kfmc.med.sa
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