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. 1998 Oct;53(Suppl 3):S16–S19. doi: 10.1136/thx.53.2008.s16

Epidemiological insights into the public health burden of sleep disordered breathing: sex differences in survival among sleep clinic patients

T Young, L Finn
PMCID: PMC1765905  PMID: 10193355

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