Independent validation of the Sleep Apnoea Quality of Life Index

Thorax

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 483-488

  Lacasse, Yves ^a   Godbout, C ^a   Series F ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 0036285911     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.57.6.483     Document Type: Article

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