Upper airway physiology and obstructive sleep-disordered breathing

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 409-421

  Yang, Chris ^a   Woodson, B Tucker ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY POSITION; BREATHING DISORDER; HUMAN; JAW; MODEL; MUSCLE TONE; OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; TIDAL VOLUME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 0038049136     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-6665(03)00017-3     Document Type: Review

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