Influence of age and gender on upper airway resistance in NREM and REM sleep

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 981-988

  Thurnheer, Robert ^a   Wraith, Peter K ^a   Douglas, Neil J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pharynx; Prevalence; Rapid eye movement; Sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

EID: 0035101838     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2001.90.3.981     Document Type: Article

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