The sleep apnea number game: Counting the apnea-hypopnea index

Respiration

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-22

  Cherniack, Neil S ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APNEA; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 58249107914     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000174821     Document Type: Editorial

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