High-altitude sleep disturbance: Results of the Groningen Sleep Quality Questionnaire survey
Sleep MedicinePublished 17 September 2007
Sirous Jafarian, Farzam Gorouhi, Arsia Taghva, Jamshid Lotfi
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HAS disturbance, which involved many of newcomers to a high altitude, had various harmful effects and GSQS was confirmed to be valid and reliable for HAS research.
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HAS disturbance, which involved many of newcomers to a high altitude, had various harmful effects. For HAS research, GSQS was confirmed to be valid and reliable.
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