Subgrouping persons with snoring and/or apnea by using anthropometric and cephalometric measures

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 79-91

  Hans, Mark G ^a   Nelson, Suchitra ^a   Pracharktam, Nonglak ^a   Baek, Seung Jin ^a   Strohl, Kingman ^b   Redline, Susan ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Apnea; Cephalometrics; Subgrouping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING;

EID: 0035383016     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-001-0079-4     Document Type: Article

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