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Research Article

Stress and sleep in nurses employed in “3 × 8” and “2 × 12” fast rotating shift schedules

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Pages 1169-1178 | Received 24 Feb 2014, Accepted 11 Aug 2014, Published online: 12 Sep 2014

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