Managing obstructive sleep apnoea

Practitioner

Volumn 245, Issue 1619, 2001, Pages 117-120

  Simonds, Anita K ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAR DRIVING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARYNX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SPLINT;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; PHARYNX; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING; SPLINTS;

EID: 0035258938     PISSN: 00326518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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