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Smartphone addiction and its association with hypertension and quality of sleep among medical students of Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi Arabia

Tehreem Aftab and Ehtisham Khyzer
Saudi Medical Journal October 2023, 44 (10) 1013-1019; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.10.20230402

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