Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 7, Issue 5 , Pages 391-401 , October 2003

The efficacy of split-night sleep studies

  • George Rodway

      Affiliations

    • Department of Acute/Tertiary Care, University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing, USA
    • ,
  • Mark Sanders

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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doi: 10.1053/smrv.2002.0272

Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 7, Issue 5 , Pages 391-401 , October 2003

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