Interactions between obesity and obstructive sleep apnea: Implications for treatment

Chest

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 711-719

  Romero Corral, Abel ^a,c   Caples, Sean M ^b   Lopez Jimenez, Francisco ^a   Somers, Virend K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY WEIGHT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 77949526342     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-0360     Document Type: Article

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