The influence of sleep position and obesity on sleep apnea

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 340-341

  Itasaka, Yoshiaki ^a   Miyazaki, Soichiro ^a   Ishikawa, Kazuo ^a   Togawa, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Obesity; Sleep apnea; Sleep position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY POSITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP PATTERN;

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OXYGEN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTURE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0033944648     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2000.00705.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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