CLINICAL REVIEW Effects of exogenous melatonin on sleep: a meta-analysis
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel Clinical Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, E17-445 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA Clinical Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, E25-604, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA Robertson Centre for Biostatisics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, R-911, Boston, MA 02118-2394, USA
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