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Smartphone addiction among university students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Fahad D. Alosaimi, Haifa Alyahya, Hatem Alshahwan, Nawal Al Mahyijari and Shaffi A. Shaik
Saudi Medical Journal June 2016, 37 (6) 675-683; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.6.14430

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