Public health and medicolegal implications of sleep apnoea.

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Published in Eur Respir J on December 01, 2002

Authors

J Krieger1, W T McNicholas, P Levy, W De Backer, N Douglas, O Marrone, J Montserrat, J H Peter, D Rodenstein, ERS Task Force. European Respiratory Society

Author Affiliations

1: Dept of Respiratory Medicine, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland. walter.mcnicholas@ucd.ie

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