Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 108, Issue 1 , Pages 77-83 , 1 April 2010

Obstructive sleep apnea is more common than central sleep apnea in methadone maintenance patients with subjective sleep complaints

  • Katherine M. Sharkey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, 593 Eddy Street, APC Room 701, Providence, RI 02903, USA. Tel.: +1 401 421 9440; fax: +1 401 453 3578.
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  • Megan E. Kurth

      Affiliations

    • General Medicine Research Unit, Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 02906, USA
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  • Bradley J. Anderson

      Affiliations

    • General Medicine Research Unit, Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 02906, USA
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  • Richard P. Corso

      Affiliations

    • General Medicine Research Unit, Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 02906, USA
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  • Richard P. Millman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA
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  • Michael D. Stein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA
    • General Medicine Research Unit, Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 02906, USA
    • Department of Community Health, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA

Received 3 August 2009 ,Revised 17 October 2009 ,Accepted 27 November 2009.

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