What is an arousal and how should it be quantified?

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-95

  Davies, Robert J O ^a   Bennett, Lesley S ^a   Stradling, John R ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arousal; Sleep; Sleep apnea syndromes; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002710265     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1087-0792(97)90011-3     Document Type: Review

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