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. 2015 Sep 1;38(9):1341-2.
doi: 10.5665/sleep.4958.

Sleep, Don't Sneeze: Longer Sleep Reduces the Risk of Catching a Cold

Luciana Besedovsky  1 , Jan Born  1   2   3   4
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Sleep, Don't Sneeze: Longer Sleep Reduces the Risk of Catching a Cold

Luciana Besedovsky et al. Sleep. .
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