Sleep apnea screening tools. Is there an impact of the geographical location?

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Richard Staats. Pulmonology. 2019 Sep-Oct.

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. 2019 Sep-Oct;25(5):261-262.

doi: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2019.07.004.

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