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J Caring Sci. 2016;5(2): 103-109. doi: 10.15171/jcs.2016.011
PMID: 27354974        PMCID: PMC4923834

Original Research

Effect of White Noise on Sleep in Patients Admitted to a Coronary Care

Pouya Farokhnezhad Afshar 1, Fatemeh Bahramnezhad 2 * , Parvaneh Asgari 3, Mahmoud Shiri 4

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