Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 104-111 , January 2009

Obstructive sleep apnea has little impact on quality of life in the elderly

  • M.A. Martínez-García

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    • Unidad de Neumología y, Hospital General de Requena, Paraje Casa Blanca s/n, 43230 Valencia, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34 96 2336972; fax: +34 96 2336973.
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  • J.J. Soler-Cataluña

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Neumología y, Hospital General de Requena, Paraje Casa Blanca s/n, 43230 Valencia, Spain
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  • P. Román-Sánchez

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital General de Requena, Valencia, Spain
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  • V. González

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital General de Requena, Valencia, Spain
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  • C. Amorós

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital General de Requena, Valencia, Spain
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  • J.M. Montserrat

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Lab, Hospital Clinic Provincial-IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
    • CIBER-Resp, Spain

Received 12 June 2007 ,Revised 10 November 2007 ,Accepted 13 November 2007.

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PII: S1389-9457(07)00421-2

doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.11.009

Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 104-111 , January 2009

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