A comparison of Asian and white patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Laryngoscope

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1937-1940

  Li, Kasey K ^a,b   Powell, Nelson B ^a   Kushida, Clete ^a   Riley, Robert W ^a   Adornato, Bruce ^a   Guilleminault, Christian ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asians; Cephalometric; Craniomandibular; Disordered breathing; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; BODY MASS; BREATHING DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 0032756257     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199912000-00007     Document Type: Article

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