Gender differences in airway resistance during sleep

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1986-1997

  Trinder, John ^a   Kay, Amanda ^a   Kleiman, Jan ^a   Dunai, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram; Respiration; Respiratory instability; Sleep onset

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; BREATHING MECHANICS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

EID: 0031468323     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.83.6.1986     Document Type: Article

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