Likelihood ratios for a sleep apnea clinical prediction rule

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 5 I, 1994, Pages 1279-1285

  Flemons, W Ward ^a,b   Whitelaw, William A ^a   Brant, Rollin ^a   Remmers, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NECK; NIGHT SLEEP; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0027944993     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.150.5.7952553     Document Type: Article

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