Sleep Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages 317-325 , July 2003

Sleep and breathing in professional football players

  • Charles F.P George

      Affiliations

    • University of Western Ontario, London Health Sciences Centre, Victoria Campus, 375 South Street, London, ON N6A 4G5, Canada
    • SleepTech Consulting Group LLC, Kinnelon, NJ, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.:+1-519-667-6860; fax: +1-519-667-6687
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  • Vyto Kab

      Affiliations

    • SleepTech Consulting Group LLC, Kinnelon, NJ, USA
    • ,
  • Patricia Kab

      Affiliations

    • SleepTech Consulting Group LLC, Kinnelon, NJ, USA
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  • John J Villa

      Affiliations

    • SleepTech Consulting Group LLC, Kinnelon, NJ, USA
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  • Allan M Levy

      Affiliations

    • SleepTech Consulting Group LLC, Kinnelon, NJ, USA
    • New York Giants Football Team, New York, NY, USA

Received 14 February 2003 ,Revised 13 April 2003 ,Accepted 16 April 2003.

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☆ A brief extract of the information in this article was recently published as a letter to the Editor, N Engl J Med 2003;348:367.

PII: S1389-9457(03)00113-8

doi: 10.1016/S1389-9457(03)00113-8

Sleep Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages 317-325 , July 2003

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