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Sleep medicine education: are medical schools and residency programs napping on the job?

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  1. CE Gamaldo is an Assistant Professor and RE Salas is a Sleep Medicine Fellow in the Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,

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Gamaldo, C., Salas, R. Sleep medicine education: are medical schools and residency programs napping on the job?. Nat Rev Neurol 4, 344–345 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneuro0808

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