Gender differences in the expression of sleep-disordered breathing: Role of upper airway dimensions

Chest

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1442-1447

  Mohsenin, V ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic reflectance; Sleep apnea; Upper airways

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; OROPHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0035171679     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.120.5.1442     Document Type: Article

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