Sleep—endocrine relationships in depressed women across the reproductive cycle

Sleep and Mental Illness

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 101-118

  Meliska, Charles J ^a   Martínez, Luis Fernando ^a   Parry, Barbara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79956021545     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139042734.012     Document Type: Chapter

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