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Sleep patterns and quality during summer and academic year among female university students

Sultan M. Alshahrani, Hana A. Alzuabi, Dalal H. Alkalthem, Ghada H. Alhadidi and Ghada M. Alrajhi
Neurosciences Journal October 2024, 29 (4) 252-261; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2024.4.20240024
Sultan M. Alshahrani
From the Department of Neurosciences (Alshahrani), and the College of Medicine (Alzuabi, Alkalthem, Alhadidi, Alrajhi), King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz University Hospital, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hana A. Alzuabi
From the Department of Neurosciences (Alshahrani), and the College of Medicine (Alzuabi, Alkalthem, Alhadidi, Alrajhi), King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz University Hospital, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Dalal H. Alkalthem
From the Department of Neurosciences (Alshahrani), and the College of Medicine (Alzuabi, Alkalthem, Alhadidi, Alrajhi), King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz University Hospital, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ghada H. Alhadidi
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Ghada M. Alrajhi
From the Department of Neurosciences (Alshahrani), and the College of Medicine (Alzuabi, Alkalthem, Alhadidi, Alrajhi), King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz University Hospital, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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