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Original Article

Psychometric evaluation of a Swedish version of the Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire, FOSQ

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Pages 1077-1084 | Received 28 Jun 2012, Accepted 14 Oct 2012, Published online: 20 Nov 2012

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