How should the multiple sleep latency test be analyzed?

Sleep

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 34-39

  Pollak, Charles P ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Multiple sleep latency test (MSLT); Regression; Respiratory disturbance index; Sleep disordered breathing; Sleep efficiency; Sleep latency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0030898183     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/20.1.34     Document Type: Article

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