The effect of surgery upon the quality of life in snoring patients and their partners: A between-subjects case-controlled trial

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 510-522

  Armstrong, Michael W J ^a,b   Wallace, C L ^a   Marais, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Simple snoring; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SNORING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALATE, SOFT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SNORING; SPOUSES; UVULA;

EID: 0033428714     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.1999.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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