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Impact of shift work on sleep and daytime performance among health care professionals

Sultan M. Alshahrani, Abdulsalam A. Baqays, Abdelelah A. Alenazi, Abdulaziz M. AlAngari and Ahmad N. AlHadi
Saudi Medical Journal August 2017, 38 (8) 846-851; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.8.19025
Sultan M. Alshahrani
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Alshahrani), King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz University Hospital, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, and the College of Medicine (Baqays, Alenazi, AlAngari), and the SABIC Psychological Health Research & Applications Chair (SPHRAC), Department of Psychiatry (AlHadi), College of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulsalam A. Baqays
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Alshahrani), King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz University Hospital, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, and the College of Medicine (Baqays, Alenazi, AlAngari), and the SABIC Psychological Health Research & Applications Chair (SPHRAC), Department of Psychiatry (AlHadi), College of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdelelah A. Alenazi
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Alshahrani), King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz University Hospital, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, and the College of Medicine (Baqays, Alenazi, AlAngari), and the SABIC Psychological Health Research & Applications Chair (SPHRAC), Department of Psychiatry (AlHadi), College of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulaziz M. AlAngari
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Alshahrani), King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz University Hospital, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, and the College of Medicine (Baqays, Alenazi, AlAngari), and the SABIC Psychological Health Research & Applications Chair (SPHRAC), Department of Psychiatry (AlHadi), College of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ahmad N. AlHadi
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Alshahrani), King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz University Hospital, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, and the College of Medicine (Baqays, Alenazi, AlAngari), and the SABIC Psychological Health Research & Applications Chair (SPHRAC), Department of Psychiatry (AlHadi), College of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Medical Journal Aug 2017, 38 (8) 846-851; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2017.8.19025

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