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Original Article

Self-reported sleep lengths ≥ 9 hours among Swedish patients with stress-related exhaustion: Associations with depression, quality of sleep and levels of fatigue

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Pages 292-299 | Accepted 02 Oct 2014, Published online: 13 Nov 2014

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