Fractal characteristics of breath to breath timing in sleeping infants

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 263-270

  Larsen, P D ^a   Elder, D E ^a   Tzeng, Y C ^a   Campbell, A J ^a   Galletly, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Development, infant breathing; Mammals, humans; Methods, fractal analysis; Pattern of breathing, interbreath interval; Sleep, pattern of breathing, infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING PATTERN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FRACTALS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; RESPIRATION; SLEEP; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1642346223     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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