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An investigation on pulse transit time in respiratory sleep studies for infants

J. Y. A. Foo Biomedical Engineering Research Centre, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, Research Techno Plaza, 6th Storey, XFrontiers Block, 637553, SingaporeCorrespondence[email protected]
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C. S. Lim Biomedical Engineering Research Centre, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, Research Techno Plaza, 6th Storey, XFrontiers Block, 637553, Singapore; School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 16 Nanyang Drive, 637722, Singapore
Pages 245-249 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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