Night-to-night variation in snoring sound severity: One night studies are not reliable

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 198-203

  Cathcart, R A ^a   Hamilton, D W ^a   Drinnan, M J ^a   Gibson, G J ^a   Wilson, J A ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECORDING; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SLEEP TIME; SNORING; SNORING SYMPTOMS INVENTORY; SOUND INTENSITY; STUDY DESIGN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SNORING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954053830     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2010.02127.x     Document Type: Article

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