Self-reported sleep pattern, quality, and problems among schooling adolescents in southwestern Nigeria (original) (raw)
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Cor res pon den ce Ad dress/Ya z›fl ma Ad re si Özalp Ekinci MD, Mersin University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child Psychiatry, Mersin, Turkey Gsm: +90 506 611 15 00 E-mail: dozalpekinci@yahoo.com Re cei ved/Ge liş ta ri hi: 11.07.2012 Ac cep ted/Ka bul ta ri hi: 17.09.2012 © Arc hi ves of Neu ropsy chi atry, pub lis hed by Ga le nos Pub lis hing. / © Nö rop si ki yat ri Ar şi vi Der gi si, Ga le nos Ya yı ne vi ta ra f›n dan ba s›l m›fl t›r. Özalp EKİNCİ1, Tanju ÇELİK2, Nazan SAVAŞ3, Fevziye TOROS1 1Mersin University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child Psychiatry, Mersin, Turkey 2Mustafa Kemal University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Hatay, Turkey 3Mustafa Kemal University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Hatay, Turkey
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