Snorenheit 911 - Searching for the 'truth' about snoring

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 429-431

  Grunstein, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; HEALTH SURVEY; OBESITY; PUBLICATION; REM SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING;

EID: 9144272744     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2004.09.005     Document Type: Editorial

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