Respiratory Physiology: Central Neural Control

Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 213-223

  Orem, John ^a   Kubin, Leszek ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B0-72-160797-7/50024-0     Document Type: Chapter

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