Snoring

Chest

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 201-222

  Hoffstein, Victor ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0030070789     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.1.201     Document Type: Review

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