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Sleep quality and insomnia during the COVID-19 lockdown among the Saudi public

A cross-sectional study

Adel S. Alharbi, Sultan M. Alshahrani, Muslim M. Alsaadi, Hamdan H. AL-Jahdali, Siraj O. Wali and Ahmed S. BaHammam
Saudi Medical Journal April 2021, 42 (4) 384-390; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.4.20200735

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