Ethnicity, obstructive sleep apnoea and ischaemic heart disease

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 214-216

  Tan, Y K ^a   Khoo, K L ^a   Low, J A Y H ^b   Wong, Z W ^a   Theng, C T S ^a   Ong, T H ^a   Chan, K P W ^a   Low, S P ^a   Heng, D M K ^c   Ong, Y Y ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Race; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP STAGE; SNORING;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NECK; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP STAGES; SNORING;

EID: 0033089043     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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