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Original Article

Prospective evaluation of insomnia in prison using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index: Which are the factors predicting insomnia?

, MA (theol.) , MD , PhD &
Pages 206-217 | Received 17 Jun 2008, Published online: 09 Sep 2009

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