Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 52-58 , January 2003

A randomized, controlled trial of 1 week of continuous positive airway pressure treatment on quality of life

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☆ Supported by grants HL44915, RR00827, and AG02711 from the National Institutes of Health.

☆☆ Reprint requests: Joel E. Dimsdale, MD, UCSD Mail Code 0804, La Jolla, CA 92093.

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doi: 10.1067/mhl.2003.8

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 52-58 , January 2003

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