Evidence based sleep medicine: Are we there yet?

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 407-409

  Friedman, Michael ^a   Wilson, Meghan ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Advanced Center for Specialty Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP PATTERN;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 55749099129     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2008.09.002     Document Type: Editorial

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