Clinical value and cost of a respiratory sleep-related breathing disorders screening service for snorers referred to a District General Hospital ENT department

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 454-460

  Lloyd Owen, S J ^a   Crawford, A ^a   Partridge, M R ^a   Roberts, C M ^a  

^a WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OXIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SLEEP; SNORING;

EID: 0032838313     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(99)90087-2     Document Type: Article

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