Review: continuous positive airway pressure devices are effective and cost-effective for obstructive sleep apnoea

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Arjun B Chatterjee. Evid Based Med. 2009 Oct.

. 2009 Oct;14(5):143.

doi: 10.1136/ebm.14.5.143.

¹ Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.

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