The Epworth Sleepiness Scale in the Identification of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

• Publication date

  2008-05-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31816ff3bfPMID 18477888
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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