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. 2022 Dec 1;18(12):2877-2878.
doi: 10.5664/jcsm.10276.

The dirty (not-so-little) secret about "clean" insomnia

Barry Krakow  1
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The dirty (not-so-little) secret about "clean" insomnia

Barry Krakow. J Clin Sleep Med. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Funding source: nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, the Sleep & Human Health Institute. Dr. Krakow reports owning websites that provide products and services for the treatment of sleep disorders and writing books describing the treatment of sleep disorders. He also provides sleep health coaching services.

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