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Editorial
. 2017 Jul:35:92-93.
doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2017.02.001. Epub 2017 Feb 17.

An open request to epidemiologists: please stop querying self-reported sleep duration

Matt T Bianchi  1 , Robert J Thomas  2 , M Brandon Westover  3
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Editorial

An open request to epidemiologists: please stop querying self-reported sleep duration

Matt T Bianchi et al. Sleep Med. 2017 Jul.
No abstract available

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Comment in

  • On self-reported measurements: an epidemiologic perspective.
    Dunietz GL, Jansen EC, Chervin RD. Dunietz GL, et al. Sleep Med. 2017 Oct;38:158-159. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2017.07.013. Epub 2017 Aug 1. Sleep Med. 2017. PMID: 28843387 No abstract available.
  • Response.
    Bianchi MT, Thomas RJ, Westover MB. Bianchi MT, et al. Sleep Med. 2017 Oct;38:160-161. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2017.07.017. Epub 2017 Aug 3. Sleep Med. 2017. PMID: 28843388 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
  • Measurement is always better than self-report: is it that easy?
    Kowall B, Stang A. Kowall B, et al. Sleep Med. 2017 Oct;38:157. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2017.07.019. Epub 2017 Aug 10. Sleep Med. 2017. PMID: 28847620 No abstract available.

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