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Letter: First class post

Published 31 May 2017

So the use of sleep deprivation on detainees has long-term harm? Asking for a friend
D'ericka Henrie considers implications of the brain “eating itself” after chronic sleep deprivation (27 May, p 8)

Issue no. 3128 published 3 June 2017

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