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Editorial
. 2010 Oct;11(9):816-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2010.06.002.

Insomnia and the risk for suicide: does sleep medicine have interventions that can make a difference?

Wilfred R Pigeon, Eric D Caine
Editorial

Insomnia and the risk for suicide: does sleep medicine have interventions that can make a difference?

Wilfred R Pigeon et al. Sleep Med. 2010 Oct.
No abstract available

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The authors have no financial conflicts of interest to report.

Comment in

  • Sleep, depression and suicide.
    Lettau LA. Lettau LA. Sleep Med. 2011 Feb;12(2):198; author reply 198-9. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2010.12.002. Epub 2010 Dec 30. Sleep Med. 2011. PMID: 21195025 No abstract available.

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