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. 2010 Mar;33(3):285-6.
doi: 10.1093/sleep/33.3.285.

Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun

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Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun

Michael Bursztyn. Sleep. 2010 Mar.
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