Simple snoring: Not quite so simple after all?

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 453-462

  Deary, Vincent ^a   Ellis, Jason G ^a   Wilson, Janet A ^b   Coulter, Cheryl ^b   Barclay, Nicola L ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breathing; Habitual snoring; Obstructive sleep apnoea; OSA; Primary snoring; Simple snoring; Sleep; UARS; Upper airway resistance syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; HUMAN; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SNORING; UPPER AIRWAY RESISTANCE SYNDROME; COMPLICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SNORING;

EID: 84923228531     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: 15322955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2014.04.006     Document Type: Review

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