Neck and total body fat deposition in nonobese and obese patients with sleep apnea compared with that in control subjects

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 280-283

  Mortimore, I L ^a,b   Marshall, I ^a   Wraith, P K ^a   Sellar, R J ^a   Douglas, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CEPHALOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIPID STORAGE; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031894375     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.157.1.9703018     Document Type: Article

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