The relation between insomnia and chronic fatigue among a non-clinical sample using questionnaires

Sleep and Hypnosis

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-17

  Abdel Khalek, Ahmed M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Arabic scale of chronic fatigue syndrome (ASCFS); Arabic scale of insomnia (ASI); Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS); Insomnia; Kuwait

Indexed keywords

EID: 70049109590     PISSN: 13021192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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