Reported snoring - Does validity differ by age?

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 197-200

  Lindberg, Eva ^b   Elmasry, Ahmed ^c   Janson, Christer ^c   Gislason, Thorarinn ^a  

^a Vifilsstadir Hospital   (Iceland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Population based; Snoring; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SNORING;

EID: 0034034745     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2869.2000.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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