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Comment
. 2011 May;59(5):957-8.
doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03396.x.

Long sleep a greater mortality risk than short sleep in older adults

Shawn D Youngstedt, Girardin Jean-Louis
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Long sleep a greater mortality risk than short sleep in older adults

Shawn D Youngstedt et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 May.
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