Con: Thoughtful steps informed by more comparative effectiveness research is needed in home testing

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-12

  Parthasarathy, Sairam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SLEEP; TECHNOLOGY;

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; HUMANS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 84872716532     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.2326     Document Type: Review

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