The debate about gender differences in obstructive sleep apnea

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 485-487

  Carden, Kelly ^a   Malhotra, Atul ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BODY MASS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 0742306440     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9457(03)00167-9     Document Type: Editorial

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