Sleep apnea: Underdiagnosed and undertreated

Hospital Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 193-205

  Phillips, Barbara ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Advisory Council   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

CAUSALITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PREVALENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 0029991312     PISSN: 87502836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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