The effects of a mid-day nap on the neurocognitive performance of first-year medical residents: A controlled interventional pilot study

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1428-1433

  Amin, Mohammad M ^a,b   Graber, Mark ^a,b   Ahmad, Khalid ^a   Manta, Dragos ^a   Hossain, Sayeed ^a   Belisova, Zuzana ^a   Cheney, William ^b   Gold, Morris S ^c   Gold, Avram R ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Novartis Consumer Health   (United States)

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EID: 84866992978     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182676b37     Document Type: Article

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