Life changes in individuals diagnosed with sleep apnea while accommodating to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices

Rehabilitation Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 241-250

  Dickerson, Suzanne S ^a,b   Akhu Zaheya, Laila ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Jordan University of Science and Technology ^*  (United States)

^c JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Compliance; CPAP; Hermeneutics; Qualitative research; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549024622     PISSN: 02784807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2048-7940.2007.tb00181.x     Document Type: Article

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