Mokken Scaling of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale items in patients with the sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome [1]

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 293-294

  Kingshott, Ruth ^a   Douglas, Neil ^a   Deary, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 0031767822     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2869.1998.00126.x     Document Type: Letter

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