Health care utilization in males with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome two years after diagnosis and treatment

Sleep

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 740-747

  Bahammam, Ahmed ^a   Delaive, Kenneth ^a   Ronald, John ^b   Manfreda, Jure ^b   Roos, Les ^c   Kryger, Meir H ^a,d  

^a ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Section of Respiratory Disease   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 0033568460     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/22.6.740     Document Type: Article

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