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Who is sleepier on the night shift? The influence of bio-psycho-social factors on subjective sleepiness of female nurses during the night shift

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Pages 1004-1014 | Received 26 Jul 2017, Accepted 10 Dec 2017, Published online: 23 Dec 2017

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