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- ‘Sleep deprivation may be undermining teen health’ [online], in Monitor on Psychology, vol. 32, no. 9, October 2001, American Psychology Association. More information here.
- Sleepiness is serious in adolescence: Two surveys of 3235 Canadian students [online], BMC Public Health. More information here.
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