Practicality of the Sleepstrip™ in postal screening for obstructive sleep apnoea

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-159

  Hollingworth, Linda ^a   Tooby, Mary ^a   Roberts, Deborah ^a   Hanning, Christopher D ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Obstructive sleep apnoea; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; APNEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP PATTERN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 0037677750     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2869.2003.00349.x     Document Type: Article

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