Improvement in fatigue, sleepiness, and health-related quality of life with bright light treatment in persons with seasonal affective disorder and subsyndromal SAD

Depression Research and Treatment

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Rastad, Cecilia ^a,b   Ulfberg, Jan ^c   Lindberg, Per ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Inland Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c Center for Clinical Research Dalarna   (Sweden)

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EID: 84873846097     PISSN: 20901321     EISSN: 2090133X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/543906     Document Type: Article

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