Evaluating Sleepiness-Related Daytime Function by Querying Wakefulness Inability and Fatigue: Sleepiness-Wakefulness Inability and Fatigue Test (SWIFT)
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1550-9389,1550-9397
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.2270