Obstructive sleep apnea presenting during infantry field exercises: Does the army weight control program protect soldiers from obstructive sleep apnea?

Military Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 362-366

  Sonna, Larry A ^a   Smith, Philip L ^b   Schwartz, Alan R ^b  

^a 1/175Th Infantry Battalion ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0029996581     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/161.6.362     Document Type: Article

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